Important Persons in the Continuing Libertarian Movement

~In 1971, John Hospers published Libertarianism: A Political Philosophy for Tomorrow, a book-length study of the modern philosophy of liberty. Along with Murray Rothbard's For A New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto and Robert Nozick's Anarchy, State and Utopia, it is widely considered to be one of the defining books of the modern libertarian movement.~

Philosophers
* John Hospers
* Tibor Machan
* Jan Narveson
* Robert Nozick

Psychology
* Nathaniel Branden
* Peter Breggin
* Michael R. Edelstein
* John Rosemond
* Thomas Szasz

Heads of Think Tanks,
Political Organizations,
Educational Organizations
* John Baden, Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment (FREE)
* Joseph Bast, Heartland Institute
* Steve Buckstein, Cascade Policy Institute
* Alejandro Chafuen, Atlas Institute
* Ed Crane, Cato Institute
* Richard M. Ebeling, Foundation for Economic Education (FEE)
* Marshall Fritz, Alliance for the Separation of School & State
* Sharon Harris, Advocates for Self-Government
* Jacob G. Hornberger, Future of Freedom Foundation (FFF)
* Roy Innis, Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
* Doug Lorenz, Republican Liberty Caucus (RLC)
* William Mellor, Institute for Justice
* Terry Michael, Washington Center for Politics & Journalism
* Vince Miller, International Society of Individual Liberty (ISIL)
* William Redpath, Libertarian Party USA
* Robert Poole, Reason Foundation
* Lew Rockwell, Ludwig Von Mises Institute
* Father Robert Sirico, Acton Institute
* Fred Smith, Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI)
* David J. Theroux, The Independent Institute

Founders of the Modern Libertarian Movement
* Don Ernsberger
* Karl Hess
* Manny Klausner
* David Nolan
* Robert Poole
* Dana Rorabacher
* Murray N. Rothbard (1926-1995)
* David Walter
* Jarret Wollstein

Historical Champions of Liberty
* Lord Acton (1834-1902)
* Frederic Bastiat (1801-1850)
* John Bright (1811-1889)
* Frank Chodorov (1887–1966)
* Richard Cobden (1804-1865)
* John T. Flynn (1882-1964)
* Garet Garrett (1878–1954)
* F.A. Harper (1905-1973)
* Friedrich Hayek (1899-1992)
* Henry Hazlitt (1894-1993)
* Patrick Henry (1736-1799)
* Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
* Rose Wilder Lane (1886-1968)
* Lao Tzu (600 BC?)
* Robert LeFevre (1911–1986)
* John Locke (1632-1704)
* George Mason (1725-1792)
* H.L. Mencken (1880–1956)
* John Stuart Mill (1806-1873)
* Ludwig von Mises (1881-1973)
* Albert Jay Nock (1870-1945)
* Franz Oppenheimer (1864-1943)
* James Otis (1725-1783)
* Thomas Paine (1737-1809)
* Lane Isabel Paterson (1886-1960)
* Ayn Rand (1905-1982)
* Leonard Read (1898-1983)
* Algernon Sidney (1622–1683)
* Adam Smith (1723-1790)
* Herbert Spencer (1820-1903)
* Lysander Spooner (1808-1887)
* Willis Stone (1899-1989)
* Benjamin Tucker (1854-1939)

"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." -- C. S. Lewis