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The '''Libertarian Pledge''', which all must agree to in order to join the [[Libertarian Party]], declares, "I hereby certify that I do not believe in or advocate the initiation of force as a means of achieving political or social goals."<ref>http://members.atlantic.net/~dwatney/reid/reid23.htm</ref> LP co-founder [[David Nolan]] created the Pledge in 1971, and offered the following explanation for it in 1993. | The '''Libertarian Pledge''', which all must agree to in order to join the [[Libertarian Party]], declares, "I hereby certify that I do not believe in or advocate the initiation of force as a means of achieving political or social goals."<ref>http://members.atlantic.net/~dwatney/reid/reid23.htm</ref> LP co-founder [[David Nolan]] created the Pledge in 1971, and offered the following explanation for it in 1993. | ||
:"Interestingly, most people in the LP do not know why it was originally placed on membership applications. We did it not because we believed that we could keep out "bad" people by asking them to sign--after all, evil people will lie to achieve their ends--but to provide some evidence that the LP was not a group advocating violent overthrow of the gov't. In the early 70's, memories of Nixon's "enemies list" and the McCarthy hearings of the 50's were still fresh in people's minds, and we wanted to protect ourselves from future witch-hunts."<ref>http://lpedia.org/Document:Letter_20_Jan_1993_David_Nolan_on_Meaning_of_Membership_Pledge</ref> | :"Interestingly, most people in the LP do not know why it was originally placed on membership applications. We did it not because we believed that we could keep out "bad" people by asking them to sign--after all, evil people will lie to achieve their ends--but to provide some evidence that the LP was not a group advocating violent overthrow of the gov't. In the early 70's, memories of Nixon's "enemies list" and the McCarthy hearings of the 50's were still fresh in people's minds, and we wanted to protect ourselves from future witch-hunts."<ref>http://lpedia.org/Document:Letter_20_Jan_1993_David_Nolan_on_Meaning_of_Membership_Pledge</ref> | ||