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“The only proper role of government, according to libertarians, is that of the protector of the citizen against aggression by other individuals. The government, of course, should never initiate aggression; its proper role is as the embodiment of the retaliatory use of force against anyone who initiates its use.”

Source: The Libertarian Alternative, (1977), p. 12

“If each human being is to have liberty, he cannot also have the liberty to deprive others of their liberty.”

Source: Libertarianism: A Political Philosophy for Tomorrow, (1971), p. 13

“Liberty (or freedom) is the absence of coercion by other human beings.”

Source: Libertarianism: A Political Philosophy for Tomorrow, (1971), p. 10