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These Days Before the Vote: The Consent of the Governed

These Days Before the Vote

These Days Before the Vote: The Consent of the Governed

Whitewater, Wis. — This cloudy Friday evening in Wisconsin continues These Days Before the Vote, a series addressing, each day before the November election, a principle or position on which our liberal democratic tradition rests. In the Declaration, the Founders affirm that, in defense of rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, "Governments

These Days Before the Vote: A Spontaneous and Dynamic Social Order

These Days Before the Vote

These Days Before the Vote: A Spontaneous and Dynamic Social Order

Whitewater, Wis. — This warm Wednesday evening in Wisconsin continues These Days Before the Vote, a series addressing, each day before the November election, a principle or position on which our liberal democratic tradition rests. Libertarians are believers in a spontaneous and dynamic social order, where people form intricate social arrangements without the need for a

These Days Before the Vote: Property Rights

These Days Before the Vote

These Days Before the Vote: Property Rights

Whitewater, Wis. — This hazy Tuesday evening in Wisconsin continues These Days Before the Vote, a series addressing, each day before the November election, a principle or position on which our liberal democratic tradition rests. Libertarians are the defenders of private property. We see private property rights as necessary for people to make choices without official

These Days Before the Vote: Limited Government

These Days Before the Vote

These Days Before the Vote: Limited Government

Whitewater, Wis. — This increasingly cloudy Monday evening in Wisconsin continues These Days Before the Vote, a series addressing, each day before the November election, a principle or position on which our liberal democratic tradition rests. Many Americans would define libertarianism only as a political philosophy of small government, and yet small government is simply an

These Days Before the Vote: Free Markets in Labor and Capital

These Days Before the Vote

These Days Before the Vote: Free Markets in Labor and Capital

Whitewater, Wis. — This partly sunny Sunday afternoon in Wisconsin continues These Days Before the Vote, a series addressing, each day before the November election, a principle or position on which our liberal democratic tradition rests. It is one of the most recognized libertarian positions that we advocate for free markets. This means more than non-

These Days Before the Vote: "Freedom from Interference"

These Days Before the Vote

These Days Before the Vote: "Freedom from Interference"

Whitewater, Wis. — This sunny and warm Saturday afternoon in Wisconsin continues These Days Before the Vote, a series addressing, each day before the November election, a principle or position on which our liberal democratic tradition rests. So a libertarian looks at the world and expects that he or she will be free from coercion by

These Days Before the Vote: "Individual Rights"

These Days Before the Vote

These Days Before the Vote: "Individual Rights"

Whitewater, Wis. — This sunny and warm Friday afternoon in Wisconsin continues These Days Before the Vote, a series addressing, each day before the November election, a principle or position on which our liberal democratic tradition rests. For a libertarian (and some others not describing themselves as libertarian), the the first condition of a free society

These Days Before the Vote: "The fourth is freedom from fear..."

These Days Before the Vote

These Days Before the Vote: "The fourth is freedom from fear..."

Whitewater, Wis. — This clear Thursday evening in Wisconsin continues These Days Before the Vote, a series addressing, each day before the November election, a principle or position on which our liberal democratic tradition rests. In his January 6, 1941, address to Congress, Roosevelt offered a fourth freedom of his set of four: The fourth is

These Days Before the Vote: "The third is freedom from want..."

These Days Before the Vote

These Days Before the Vote: "The third is freedom from want..."

Whitewater, Wis. — This Wednesday evening in Wisconsin continues These Days Before the Vote, a series addressing, each day before the November election, a principle or position on which our liberal democratic tradition rests. In his January 6, 1941, address to Congress, Roosevelt then offered a third freedom as a goal: The third is freedom from

These Days Before the Vote: "The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way – everywhere in the world."

These Days Before the Vote

These Days Before the Vote: "The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way – everywhere in the world."

Whitewater, Wis. — This Tuesday evening in Wisconsin continues These Days Before the Vote, a series addressing, each day before the November election, a principle or position on which our liberal democratic tradition rests. Let's go only one line further from Roosevelt's remarks on freedom of speech in his address to Congress

These Days Before the Vote: "The first is freedom of speech and expression — everywhere in the world."

These Days Before the Vote

These Days Before the Vote: "The first is freedom of speech and expression — everywhere in the world."

Whitewater, Wis. — This Monday evening in Wisconsin continues These Days Before the Vote, a series addressing each day before the November election a principle or position on which our liberal democratic tradition rests. It may seem odd that a libertarian, including a bleeding-heart one as I am, would admire Franklin Roosevelt. And yet, and