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1994 National Platform of the Libertarian Party
'''1994 National [[Libertarian Party platform|Platform]] of the Libertarian Party'''


Adopted in Convention, September 1993, Salt Lake City, Utah
Adopted in Convention <br>
September 1993 <br>
Salt Lake City, Utah


PREAMBLE
=Preamble=


As Libertarians, we seek a world of liberty; a world in which all individuals are sovereign over their own lives, and no one is forced to sacrifice his or her values for the benefit of others.
As Libertarians, we seek a world of liberty; a world in which all individuals are sovereign over their own lives, and no one is forced to sacrifice his or her values for the benefit of others.
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These specific policies are not our goal, however. Our goal is nothing more nor less than a world set free in our lifetime, and it is to this end that we take these stands.
These specific policies are not our goal, however. Our goal is nothing more nor less than a world set free in our lifetime, and it is to this end that we take these stands.


TABLE OF CONTENTS


Statement of Principles
=Statement of Principles=
 
I. Individual Rights and Civil Order
 
1. FREEDOM AND RESPONSIBILITY
2. CRIME
3. VICTIMLESS CRIMES
4. SAFEGUARDS FOR THE CRIMINALLY ACCUSED
5. JUSTICE FOR THE INDIVIDUAL
6. JURIES
7. INDIVIDUAL SOVEREIGNTY
8. GOVERNMENT AND MENTAL HEALTH
9. FREEDOM OF COMMUNICATION
10. FREEDOM OF RELIGION
11. THE RIGHT TO PROPERTY
12. PROTECTION OF PRIVACY
13. GOVERNMENT SECRECY
14. INTERNAL SECURITY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES
15. THE RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS
16. CONSCRIPTION AND THE MILITARY
17. IMMIGRATION
18. DISCRIMINATION
19. WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND ABORTION
20. FAMILY LIFE
21. CHILDREN'S RIGHTS
22. AMERICAN INDIAN RIGHTS
23. THE WAR ON DRUGS
 
II. Trade and the Economy
 
1. THE ECONOMY
2. TAXATION
3. INFLATION AND DEPRESSION
4. FINANCE AND CAPITAL INVESTMENT
5. GOVERNMENT DEBT
6. MONOPOLIES
7. SUBSIDIES
8. TARIFFS AND QUOTAS
9. PUBLIC UTILITIES
10. UNIONS AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
 
III. Domestic Ills
 
1. ENERGY
2. POLLUTION
3. CONSUMER PROTECTION
4. EDUCATION
5. POPULATION
6. TRANSPORTATION
7. POVERTY AND UNEMPLOYMENT
8. HEALTH CARE
9. RESOURCE USE
10. AGRICULTURE
11. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEATH ACT (OSHA)
12. SOCIAL SECURITY
13. POSTAL SERVICE
14. CIVIL SERVICE
15. ELECTION LAWS
 
IV. Foreign Affairs
 
A. Diplomatic Policy
1. NEGOTIATIONS
2. INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL AND FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
3. HUMAN RIGHTS
4. WORLD GOVERNMENT
5. SECESSION
B. Military
1. MILITARY POLICY
2. PRESIDENTIAL WAR POWERS
C. Economic Policy
1. FOREIGN AID
2. INTERNATIONAL MONEY
3. UNOWNED RESOURCES
D. International Relations
1. COLONIALISM
2. FOREIGN INTERVENTION
3. SPACE EXPLORATION
 
V. Omissions
 
STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES


We, the members of the Libertarian Party, challenge the cult of the omnipotent state and defend the rights of the individual.
We, the members of the Libertarian Party, challenge the cult of the omnipotent state and defend the rights of the individual.
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Since governments, when instituted, must not violate individual rights, we oppose all interference by government in the areas of voluntary and contractual relations among individuals. People should not be forced to sacrifice their lives and property for the benefit of others. They should be left free by government to deal with one another as free traders; and the resultant economic system, the only one compatible with the protection of individual rights, is the free market.
Since governments, when instituted, must not violate individual rights, we oppose all interference by government in the areas of voluntary and contractual relations among individuals. People should not be forced to sacrifice their lives and property for the benefit of others. They should be left free by government to deal with one another as free traders; and the resultant economic system, the only one compatible with the protection of individual rights, is the free market.


I. INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND CIVIL ORDER
=I. Individual Rights and Civil Order=


No conflict exists between civil order and individual rights. Both concepts are based on the same fundamental principle: that no individual, group, or government may initiate force against any other individual, group, or government.
No conflict exists between civil order and individual rights. Both concepts are based on the same fundamental principle: that no individual, group, or government may initiate force against any other individual, group, or government.
1. FREEDOM AND RESPONSIBILITY
==1. Freedom and Responsibility==
Members of the Libertarian Party do not necessarily advocate or condone any of the practices our policies would make legal. Our exclusion of moral approval and disapproval is deliberate: people's rights must be recognized; the wisdom of any course of peaceful action is a matter for the acting individual(s) to decide. Personal responsibility is discouraged by society routinely denying the people the opportunity to exercise it. Libertarian policies will create a society where people are free to make and learn from their own decisions.
Members of the Libertarian Party do not necessarily advocate or condone any of the practices our policies would make legal. Our exclusion of moral approval and disapproval is deliberate: people's rights must be recognized; the wisdom of any course of peaceful action is a matter for the acting individual(s) to decide. Personal responsibility is discouraged by society routinely denying the people the opportunity to exercise it. Libertarian policies will create a society where people are free to make and learn from their own decisions.


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