Pledge for Members (revisited)
Should we have a pledge for all members? If so, what should it be? |
No Pledge
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Option 1
Pledge not to change the party direction. A pledge to realize the purpose of the LP and to not change it. Does allow the party to be incremental, however. |
The Libertarian Party will always stand for more liberty and less government on every issue. As a member of the Libertarian Party, I will NOT attempt to change this.
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Option 2
I, _________________________________, agree with The Libertarian Party that achieving greater personal individual choice and freedom, to be obtained by engagement in the political process, is the overriding goal of the Libertarian Party. As a Libertarian Party Member, I will uphold this principle to the best of my ability.
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Option 3
One of the most damaging things to a libertarian's credibility is that they are not registered to vote or, if they are registered, they are shown as an inactive voter because they rarely vote. This also affects the credibility of libertarian candidates be |
As a member of the libertarian party I pledge to vote in every election.
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Option 4
The Libertarian Party exists to protect and restore individual liberty, and to shrink the government as much as is feasible.
I wish to be a member.
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Option 5
Another un-pledge. This one is based on the Statement of Principles.
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I have read the Statement of Principles of the Libertarian Party and want to join. ________________________________________
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Option 6
A natural rights based pledge. One that could be signed by anarchists, minarchists and geolibertarians |
I believe that the government should be shrunk down to that which is needed to protect natural rights.
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Option 7
A mostly natural rights based pledge which also allows some concession to utilitarian concerns—where the economic case for government action is overwhelming.
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I believe that the government should be shrunk down to: 1. That which is needed to protect natural rights, and 2. Ensuring the production of vital public goods which truly cannot be produced by voluntary means.
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Option 8
An LP Pledge based on the Declaration of Independence. Sometimes we don't improve much on the original, other than by updating the language.
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We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are naturally endowed with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the exclusive ownership of one's labor and property. That in order to secure these rights, governments are instituted among me, deriving their just powers from the continuing consent of the governed.
Option 9
Pledge adopted by the South Carolina LP. |
Proposed replacement for the current pledge:
I support the Libertarian Party’s principle of limiting government to the protection of each person’s right to life, liberty, and property.
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Option 10
A proposal for a general yet comprehensive LP Pledge which encourages a dedication first and foremost to foundational principles. |
I hereby pledge myself to the principles of personal liberty, national accord, equal justice, and the securing of these peaceably by a limited government of the people.
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