Tom G. Palmer
Cato University
Annapolis, Maryland
2011
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And for the support of this Declaration,
with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine
Providence,
we mutually pledge to each other
our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.
Nine Lost Their Lives During the Struggle for
Independence;
Five were imprisoned;
Many lost their fortunes, either outfitting
troops, as a result of military action;
Not one lost his sacred honor.
We can make a difference
by acting in concert. We can
also make a difference by
acting individually.
What can one
person do?
1. Educate Yourself
to Become a
Beacon of
Information
“Advancement of
Libertarian ideals
requires that each of us . . . achieve that
degree of excellence in understanding
and exposition which will inspire others to
seek one out as a tutor.”
---Leonard Read
Founder,
Foundation for Economic Education
2. Don’t Be Afraid to Speak
Out
A. You Can Speak Out in a
Dramatic Way, Entailing a Great
Commitment….
Without This Woman’s Courage, How
Much Freedom Would We Enjoy
Today?
Rosa Parks
1913-2005
Without This Man’s Willingness to Stand Up,
How Many People Would be in Jail for Love?
Dr. Franklin Kameny, 1925 --
Without This Woman’s Courage, How
Secure Would Property Be?
 Susette Kelo
 Lead Plaintiff in Kelo v.
New London
 “The specter of
condemnation hangs
over all property. Nothing
is to prevent the State
from replacing any Motel
6 with a Ritz-Carlton, any
home with a shopping
mall, or any farm with a
factory.”
 Justice Sandra Day Oﾕ
Connor
How Secure Would Our Right to Keep
and Bear Arms Be Without this man?
Robert Levy
Prime Mover in the Heller v. DC
Case that Clarified that the Second
Amendment Secures an Individual
Right to Keep and Bear Arms
B. You Can Speak Out in Less Dramatic
Ways
Letters to the Editor
Letters to Elected
Representatives
Questions at City Council
Meetings, Campaign
Events, and Constituent
Meetings
3. Give a Book to a Friend or a High
School Student
You Can
Dramatically Change
the Course of a
Person’s Life
What can you do in
cooperation with
others?
1. You Can Organize a Local Group to
Combat Injustice and Promote Liberty
2. You Can Organize a Local Group to
Combat Injustice and Promote Liberty
Anti-Tax
Pro-School Choice
Pro-Peace
Pro-Health Freedom
Pro-Property Rights Protection
Anti-Drug War
Pro-Spending Control
3. You Can Provide Financial Support to
Existing Groups
Bill of Rights Foundation
Institute for Justice
Goldwater Institute
Students for Liberty
Institute for Humane Studies
Atlas Economic Research Foundation
Foundation for Economic Education
Mackinac Center
Americans for Limited Government
NORML
National Taxpayers Union LEAP: Law Enforcement Against Prohibition
Drug Policy Foundation
Heartland Institute
FreedomWorks
Competitive Enterprise Institute
Cascade Institute
Cato Institute
Without This One Person, How Much
Freedom Would We Have Today?
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Jacques Claude Marie Vincent de Gournay,
1712-1759
Successful merchant and businessman
Intendant of Commerce, 1751-1758
Translator, financier, and publisher of works explaining
the free-market
Promoter of the slogan “laissez-faire, laissez-passer”
Teacher and mentor to Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, in
turn a great promoter of freedom, friend and collaborator
of Adam Smith, advisor to the American Founders,
enemy of slavery....and inspiration to a century of
classical liberals
Let Us Celebrate the
Sponsors of Liberty.....
• On the marker for
Sir Christopher
Wren, the great
architect, buried in
St. Paul’s
Cathedral:
LECTOR, SI
MONUMENTUM
REQUIRIS,
CIRCUMSPICE.
• “Reader, if you
seek his
monument, look
around you.”
• If you seek the
monument to the
supporters of
liberty...look
around you...at the
freedom, the
individuality, the
progress, the
wealth, and the
prosperity of the
modern world
Each of Us Can Have a
Positive Impact
By Making Liberty One of our Life Projects
So What Are We Waiting for?
I Hope to See You Again in a Freer, Better World!
--Tom