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Thomas
Jefferson warned, "the natural progress of things is for liberty to
yield and government to gain ground." Mindful of this trend,
the DKT Liberty Project was founded in 1997 to promote individual
liberty against encroachment by all levels of government.
The Liberty Project advocates vigilance over
regulation of all kinds, especially restrictions of individual civil
liberties such as the right to
free speech. These restrictions threaten
the reservation of power to the citizenry that underlies our
constitutional system. The Project has been particularly involved
in defending the right to privacy, one of the most profound individual
liberties and a critical aspect of every American's right (and
responsibility) to function as an autonomous and independent individual.
The DKT Liberty Project is also dedicated to
staunching the increasing tendency of legislatures, looking for more
expeditious routes to deter and punish illegal conduct, to create laws
designed to confiscate the spoils of illegal activity -- laws that are
used against the innocent as well as against criminals.
The Liberty Project is committed to protecting
privacy, guarding against government overreaching, and protecting the
freedom of all citizens to engage in expression without government
interference. |