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In his book, "What It Means to Be a Libertarian," Charles Murray wrote:

"The American Founders created a society based on the belief that human happiness is intimately connected with personal freedom and responsibility. The twin pillars of the system they created were limits on the power of the central government and protection of individual rights. . . .

"A few people, of whom I am one, think that the Founders' insights are as true today as they were two centuries ago. We believe that human happiness requires freedom and that freedom requires limited government.

"Libertarianism is a vision of how people should be able to live their lives – as individuals, striving to realize the best they have within them; together, cooperating for the common good without compulsion. It is a vision of how people may endow their lives with meaning – living according to their deepest beliefs and taking responsibility for the consequences of their actions."