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Subject: A Personal Declaration of Independence
The election results are in and more than half of all voting Americans
have declared that they believe that their wants, wishes and needs
trump your independence and individual rights.
Coincidentally, today is also the date when my John Galt Pledge
page was signed by the 1,000th person. In the wake of today's tragedy,
it may be small consolation, but here are one thousand people proud to
publically state that they respect your life and your right to live it
as you—and only you—see fit.
I extend my sincere thanks to every person who has signed the pledge,
for being willing to take a vocal stand in the cause of liberty.
Let's continue to swell the ranks of those who choose the virtue of
self-reliance over abject helplessness, and see how quickly we can
add another thousand voices to this choir.
that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine." We the undersigned, take this pledge as a personal Declaration of Independence. We each, as sovereign individuals, respectively assert the exclusive right to our own lives, our liberty and our property, as guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution. As government is properly instituted to protect our rights, we oppose, and declare as unconstitutional, all actions taken by government that violate the very rights it is charged with defending. We support a return to the principle of individualism upon which this country was founded. And rejecting any initiation of the use of force as being wholly inappropriate, we support a society based strictly upon voluntary association and free trade among its people.
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