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MoreAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/message/55509 -Terry Liberty Parker Owner/moderator, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian --- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > PRINCIPLES OF LIBERTY > 16 AFFIRMATIONS FOR THOSE WHO WOULD LIVE FREE > By: Kevin Tuma > > > > > > > > > I. I was born free. No government can sanction my freedom, or take it away. > II. I believe the government should be as small as possible, and its laws > should be as minimal as possible. > III. I acknowledge that free speech is a fundamental human right; any > controls upon speech or ideas represent tyranny. There is absolutely no such thing > as "treasonous" or "politically correct" speech. No one has a right not to be > offended by ideas. > IV. I understand that the government's only legitimate use of military force > is to protect its citizens from foreign invasion. > V. I understand that the government's only legitimate use of police force is > to protect citizens from crimes of violence or theft. > VI. I understand that the government exists to serve the people--- not the > other way around. > VII. I believe that free people may worship by whatever means they like, > wherever they like, however they like. The government has no right to meddle > with religion, nor to license, tax, or fund churches, nor to censor any public > displays of religion. > > > > VIII. I understand that the progressive income tax is a manifestation of > Tyranny, not Liberty. The Founding Fathers opposed direct taxation, and so do I. > IX. I believe that the right to secede from any larger government state is a > basic right of self-government. Civilized nations allow secession. Tyrants > and barbarians do not. > X. I understand that a constitution is a social contract between a > government and its citizens. The people have the right to abolish any government if > the government fails to serve them, to protect their individual rights, > or---worst of all--fails to obey the restrictions of its own constitutional laws. > XI. I believe the individual's right to keep and bear arms is fundamental to > Liberty and must not be infringed upon in any circumstances. Any government > that restricts the possession and use of arms from its citizens is a > dictatorship. > XII. I take responsibility for my own life, and I expect others to do the > same. I am a free individual, not part of a hive, collective, or animal herd. > XIII. I am intelligent enough to understand the difference between charity > and redistribution of wealth. Charity is voluntary; government theft of one's > income at the barrel of a gun is not. > XIV. I understand economics well enough to know that government involvement > in business is not only intrusive and illegitimate-XIV. I understand economics > well > XV. I grasp the basic truth that the more centralized the state, the more > tyrannical the state. > XVI. I understand that a man who has no private property rights is a slave. > > > > > "_Published originally at EtherZone.com_ (http://www.etherzone.com/) : > republication allowed with this notice and hyperlink intact." > > _Mail this article to a friend(s) in two clicks!_ > (http://www.etherzone.com/cgi-bin/bnb/zonecast.cgi) > > > ____________________________________ > > Kevin Tuma is an editorial cartoonist for _CNSNews.com_ > (http://www.cnsnews.com/) and a regular columnist for Ether Zone. > > Kevin Tuma can be reached at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) > Published in the June 27, 2005 issue of Ether Zone. > > > > "You are a member of government. And one of that majority which has doomed > my country to destruction. You've begun to burn our towns and murder our > people. Look upon you hands. They are stained with the blood of your relations. > You and I were long friends.You are now my enemy and I am yours."....."You are > "You are "You are a member of governmen > > ____________________________________ > Don't be flakey. _Get Yahoo! Mail for Mobile_ > (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=43909/*http://mobile.yahoo.com/mail) and > _always stay connected_ > (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=43909/*http://mobile.yahoo.com/mail) to friends. > > <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free > email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at > http://www.aol.com. > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
