1. Individuals are entitled to seek their freedom in the
face of arbitrary or tyrannical restrictions imposed upon them.
2. Humans have certain natural rights and the role of
government is to protect them. These rights include the right to OWN PROPERTY,
FREEDOM OF SPEECH, FREEDOM FROM EXCESSIVE PUNISHMENT, FREEDOM OF WORSHIP,
AND FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY. These rights cannot be taken away by government
because the government did not give them to the people, the people were
born with these rights.
3. These rights are best guaranted by a written constitution
with careful definition of the limits to which governmental actions may
go.
4. Free enterprise is the most productive economy and
the one that allowed for the greatest measure of individual choice.
5. ECONOMIC INEQUALITY will exist and is acceptable
because is does not detract from the individuals moral dignity, nor does
it conflict with EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY and EQUALITY BEFORE
THE LAW.
IMPACT
Liberalism Was Involved in the Various Revolutionary
Movements of the Early 19th Century.
Killeen Harker
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