#35 - THE OFFICIAL
NEWSLETTER OF
THE FREEDOM PARTY OF ONTARIO
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Leading in the right direction:
Freedom Party Leader Paul McKeever
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Ladies & Gentlemen, Time and events have drawn us together. And though each of us is sure to lay eyes upon an unfamiliar face today, and to exchange names for the very first time, ours is not an assembly, but a re-assembly: - a reassembly of individuals associated not by application and fee, but by virtue of their common commitment to a guiding philosophy; - an association of individuals whose members, for centuries, have passed a bright torch of freedom from old to young, seeking in each generation to preserve the light of reason in the halls of government; - a reassembly of those who, through disciplined study, spirituality, or the experiences of life, have come to hold a belief that dignity and prosperity are the fruits of individual choice and personal responsibility. I do not know in what century this house of like-minded individuals was built. But I do know that its foundation, though centuries old, remains firm and upright. |
MAY 2003
- special Election edition -
Inside:
Freedom Party PRE-ELECTION
News Coverage
RE-ASSEMBLY
- Paul McKeever
{Paul McKeever is leader of the Freedom Party of Ontario. The following address was delivered to attendees at Freedom Party's kick-off workshop held in Belleville on September 21, 2002. (Media coverage of the event appears elsewhere in this newsletter.) Thanks to the remarkable collapse of Ontario's Progressive Conservative Party orchestrated by Ernie Eves, NOW is the time that we have been preparing for over the past 15 years: the time for Freedom Party to take its RIGHTful place in Ontario politics. To learn more, please read on...}
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That foundation is not constituted of the rotten wood of class envy. Indeed, we recognize no classes among humankind. Our foundation is rather one of polished granite, reflecting our clear recognition of the rights necessary for the peaceful survival and happiness of every individual. These rights are the natural compliment to humankind's mode of living: the rights of life, liberty, and property. Denied our liberty to make choices, our happiness and our survival are at the mercy of another's discretion. Denied the benefits of having exercised our liberty wisely, the exercise of our liberty is a waste of energy. Ours being an association that has always valued a life of dignity and prosperity, we have never long tolerated the denial of liberty or property. Our common recognition of the natural rights of every human being has, as its most striking compliment, the recognition that every individual has the same natural rights. We recognize now, as our kin did when they commenced the building of western society, that equality is a concept that refers not to wealth, not to physical or mental ability, and not to popularity, but to the rights held by each |