To help to conclude this series on liberty, here are a few relevant lines from Young Americans for Freedom's Sharon Statement, from 1960:
"THAT foremost among the transcendent values is the individual's use of his God-given free will, whence derives his right to be free from the restrictions of arbitrary force;
"THAT liberty is indivisible, and that political freedom cannot long exist without economic freedom;
"THAT the purpose of government is to protect those freedoms through the preservation of internal order, the provision of national defense, and the administration of justice;
"THAT when government ventures beyond these rightful functions, it accumulates power, which tends to diminish order and liberty...."
"THAT foremost among the transcendent values is the individual's use of his God-given free will, whence derives his right to be free from the restrictions of arbitrary force;
"THAT liberty is indivisible, and that political freedom cannot long exist without economic freedom;
"THAT the purpose of government is to protect those freedoms through the preservation of internal order, the provision of national defense, and the administration of justice;
"THAT when government ventures beyond these rightful functions, it accumulates power, which tends to diminish order and liberty...."
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