The Fundamentals of Liberty
Robert LeFevre (1911 1986) founded the Freedom School in 1957 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The school was later renamed Rampart College and moved to California. Among the many notable teachers at his school were Milton Friedman, F.A. Harper, Leonard Read, Ludwig von Mises, and Rose Wilder Lane. Often viewed as an anarcho-pacifist, LeFevre, who was a radio personality, businessman and writer, influenced a whole generation of libertarian thinkers. He authored many books, including The Nature of Man and his Government and The Fundamentals of Liberty. One of his quotes became legendary: If men are good, you don t need government; if men are evil or ambivalent, you don t dare have one. In his final days he became an active board member of Rampart Institute.