"We are neither conservatives nor liberals. We are libertarians. Conservatives believe in economic freedom, but advocate curtailing personal freedoms, religious freedoms and sometimes free thought. Liberals advocate personal freedoms, but want to limit the individual's right to trade, their freedom to own property, and the liberty to make and spend money as one pleases.
"We believe in both freedoms.
"To a libertarian, the government is a powerful and dangerous entity. It uses force to make people behave in a certain way. Libertarians believe government should only use this force in reaction to or in prevention of violence. We are not anti-government. We believe that government has a role in protecting people from force and fraud. But peaceful interaction between consenting adults, or behavior without real victims, are poor reasons for government to use the police state.
"We believe in restoring the idea of civil society. A civil society is one in which human life is unpolitical, in which people are allowed to live as they wish. In civil society, those who are not violent will not be subject to state violence.
"We believe in a future in which technology, ideas, enterprise, beliefs, customs and lifestyles are allowed to change and grow flexibly without the control of the government. Government is usually a tool of those afraid of the unknown, people who fear the undiscovered country of the future. Government is an agent of those who are afraid of a future not controlled by someone. We believe in a world in which people are allowed to produce spiritually, intellectually, economically and technologically without restriction by a paternalistic government.
"It is incumbant on our generation to make this vision a reality."