Guiding Libertarian Party Principles

Libertarian Statement of Principles

We, the members of the Ontario Libertarian Party, support the following principles:

1. Every individual has the right to his or her own life.

2. Property rights are essential to individual rights.

3. No individual or group has a right to initiate force against any other.

4. Every individual or group has a right to defend his or her own person and property, and every individual has the right to join with others for common purposes. This is the only justification for government.

5. The only rights of groups, including governments, are those based on the individual rights of their members.

6. Every individual – so long as he or she respects the rights of others – has the right to live as he or she alone sees fit.

Preamble

The ultimate goal of the Libertarian Party is to achieve a social structure in which initiatory coercive force is illegal. In order to achieve this goal, the following conditions are necessary:

Individual Rights

• Each individual shall exercise sole responsibility for his or her own life.
• No person shall interfere in the life of any other person except with the agreement of that person.
• Governments shall have no authority to interfere in the life of any person who is engaged in legally acceptable endeavors.
• No individual, body of individuals, or corporation, shall have any right which is paramount to the rights of an individual.
• Individuals shall have, but not be limited to, the following rights: freedom of association, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom to engage in enterprise, freedom to protect one's own life and property, ownership of property, and protection of privacy.