Libertarian Statement of Principles
We, the members of the Ontario Libertarian Party, support the following principles:
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Every individual has the right to his or her own life.
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Property rights are essential to individual rights.
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No individual or group has a right to initiate force against any other.
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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.
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The only rights of groups, including governments, are those based on the individual rights of their members.
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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.
