“I view libertarian values as very narrow. A libertarian is someone who does not violate the rights of others. Those rights are narrowly defined as Life, Liberty, justly acquired Property. If someone decides not to serve us in their restaurant because I am Latin and my wife is Chinese, they have not violated our rights. If, because I am Latin, they will not come to my aid while I am being mugged, they have not violated my rights. If they write an op-ed piece for the local newspaper exhorting their neighbors not to sell us a house because we are a mixed-race couple they have not violated our rights. Therefore it is possible for them to be libertarian. The only thing that our philosophy requires is a negative. It requires us not to violate the rights of others.” (10/15/08)