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DONT HURT PEOPLE & DONT TAK Paperback – March 10, 2015
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
In this essential manifesto of the new libertarian movement, New York Times bestselling author and president of FreedomWorks Matt Kibbe makes a stand for individual liberty and shows us what we must do to preserve our freedom.
Don't Hurt People and Don't Take Their Stuff is a rational yet passionate argument that defends the principles upon which America was founded—principles shared by citizens across the political spectrum. The Constitution grants each American the right to self-determination, to be protected from others whose actions are destructive to their lives and property. Yet as Kibbe persuasively shows, the political and corporate establishment consolidates its power by infringing upon our independence—from taxes to regulations to spying—ultimately eroding the ideals, codified in law, that have made the United States unique in history.
Kibbe offers a surefire plan for reclaiming our inalienable rights and regaining control of our lives, grounded in six simple rules:
- Don’t hurt people: Free people just want to be left alone, not hassled or harmed by someone else with an agenda or designs over their life and property.
- Don’t take people’s stuff: America’s founders fought to ensure property rights and our individual right to the fruits of our labors.
- Take responsibility: Liberty takes responsibility. Don’t sit around waiting for someone else to solve your problems.
- Work for it: For every action there is an equal reaction. Work hard and you’ll be rewarded.
- Mind your own business: Free people live and let live.
- Fight the power: Thanks to the Internet and the decentralization of knowledge, there are more opportunities than ever to take a stand against corrupt authority.
- Print length272 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateMarch 10, 2015
- Dimensions5 x 0.68 x 8 inches
- ISBN-109780062308276
- ISBN-13978-0062308276
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“For those eager to understand the clear-thinking that informs libertarian philosophy, Kibbe’s book is an excellent choice. ... Kibbe’s goal is to revive the libertarianism that clearly animated our founding fathers. ... [An] excellent book.” — Forbes
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Do you believe in the freedom of individuals to determine their own futures and solve problems cooperatively?
Don't hurt people, and don't take their stuff. Simple and straightforward, that's liberty in a nutshell. And yet it seems that, more and more, the decisions CEOs and Washington bureaucrats make about what to do for us, or to us, or even against us, are having an increasingly adverse impact on our lives and freedoms. From Matt Kibbe, the influential leader of FreedomWorks, Don't Hurt People and Don't Take Their Stuff is the first true manifesto of a new libertarian grassroots movement, in which Kibbe clearly articulates the case for freer people, more voluntary cooperation, and solving problems from the bottom up.
The rules for liberty
- Don't hurt people: Free people just want to be left alone, not hassled or harmed by someone else's agenda or designs on their life and property.
- Don't take people's stuff: America's founders fought to ensure property rights and our individual right to the fruits of our labors.
- Take responsibility: Liberty means responsibility. Don't sit around waiting for someone else to solve your problems.
- Work for it: For every action there is an equal reaction. Work hard and you'll be rewarded.
- Mind your own business: Free people live and let live.
- Fight the power: Take a stand against corrupt authority.
About the Author
Matt Kibbe is the president and CEO of FreedomWorks, a national grassroots organization that serves citizens in their fight for more individual freedom and less government control. An economist by training, Kibbe is a well-respected policy expert, bestselling author, and a regular guest on CNN, Fox News, The Blaze TV, and MSNBC. He also serves as Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Austrian Economic Center in Vienna, Austria. Kibbe is author of the national bestseller Hostile Takeover: Resisting Centralized Government's Stranglehold on America (2012) and coauthor of Give Us Liberty: A Tea Party Manifesto (2010). Terry, his awesome wife of twenty-seven years, takes no responsibility for his many mistakes or frequent embarrassments.
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- ASIN : 0062308270
- Publisher : MorrowPb; Reprint edition (March 10, 2015)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 272 pages
- ISBN-10 : 9780062308276
- ISBN-13 : 978-0062308276
- Item Weight : 7.4 ounces
- Dimensions : 5 x 0.68 x 8 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #990,260 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #62 in Libertarianism
- #1,828 in Political Commentary & Opinion
- #2,002 in Political Conservatism & Liberalism
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About the author
Matt Kibbe is the President and CEO of FreedomWorks, a national grassroots organization that serves citizens in their fight for more individual freedom and less government control.
An economist by training, Kibbe is a well-respected policy expert, bestselling author and political commentator, and a regular guest on CNN, Fox News, The Blaze TV and MSNBC. He also serves as Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Austrian Economic Center in Vienna, Austria.
Dubbed “the scribe” by the New York Daily News, Kibbe is author of Hostile Takeover: Resisting Centralized Government's Stranglehold on America, (2012) and coauthor of the New York Times bestseller Give Us Liberty: A Tea Party Manifesto (2010). His most recent book, "Don't Hurt People and Don't Take Their Stuff" was released on April 1, 2014.
According to Slate Magazine, "Kibbe...looks like Billy Bob Thornton cleaned up for a Job interview,” and is prone to wonkish pronouncements regarding music, philosophy and beer.
Terry, his awesome wife of 27 years, takes no responsibility for his many mistakes or frequent embarrassments.
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What caused me to "look inside" is the title. I once bought a children's book that was titled, "A Great Big Ugly Man Came Up And Tied His Horse To Me." This title is the same brilliance.
I'm a conservative, not a libertarian like the author. That is to say, I think less of liberty and more of limited centralized power. Yet I definitely have an ideological kinship with libertarians. Progressives seem like intelligent people who begin with all the wrong assumptions.
All the arguments you've ever been in that revolved around redistribution or fairness or compassion or a level playing field a living wage or the dastardly rich or the evil corporations or ... or any other Trojan Horse for a nice-sounding really-bad idea are dismantled by the simple principle embodied by Kibbe's title: Don't Hurt People. And Don't Take Their Stuff.
Well played, sir.
The back cover of Kibbe’s book gives his “six rules of liberty” which he expands on in his book.
1. Don’t hurt people. Free people just want to be left alone, not hassled or harmed by someone else’s agenda or designs on their life and property.
2. Don’t take people’s stuff. America’s founders fought to ensure property rights and our individual right to the fruits of our labors.
3. Take responsibility. Liberty means responsibility. Don’t sit around waiting for someone else to solve your problems.
4. Work for it. For every action there is and equal reaction. Work hard and you’ll be rewarded.
5. Mind your own business. Free people live and let live.
6. Fight the power. Take a stand against corrupt authority.
Kibbe flushes out these “rules” showing that that United STATES of America ought
have a very small federal government – the state government should also be small but larger than the federal. Here, I would put for that, biblically, government exists for two reasons – to protect her citizens and to punish evil. Of course, there can be massive difference in what that all includes based on the person and philosophy that is being employed.
The limited government system that he describes sounds in line with our founding documents and with biblical understandings. However, the desire for power and more power is enticing, so I doubt the massive Republican and Democratic machines will ever subside to levels that show true care for all people.
There is also something of a naiveite about the goodness of human nature which makes Libertarianism even less likely to supplant “the two parties.” Humans, in my understanding, are basically evil – basically self-centered.
That being said, I would continue to argue for a “secular” state which does not interfere with the practice of my religion. Thus, I can accept that the state allows for the marriage of practicing homosexuals, for example, while, by virtue of my religion (not to mention, philosophical integrity), I cannot approve of practicing homosexual unions. Still, I take no action to support or thwart them.
And so, I highly recommend this book to help one understand Libertarianism. And, I recommend the philosophy of Libertarianism as good.
[This review appears on my blog, Amazon.com, and Goodreads.com.]
I have recommended the book to every one I know who wants limited government and our God given freedoms without intrusion from a national government that has become a monstrosity.
All power corrupts and no centralized power scheme ever results in a free society. Free societies do result in prosperity , peace and true fairness for all those who work for it and keep their hands off everyone else. The power hungry , incompetent and greedy of the human race love powerful governments because this is the only way they can thrive. Any free society would either imprison the when they try to hurt or steal from others or laugh them out of the room when they start demanding the property of and control over other citizens. Libertarians simply want the freedom to live their lives as they see fit and let the results fall on their own shoulders - and they want you to have the same freedoms. This leaves the professional power broker , petty bureaucrat , race baiter , demanding "victim" and other power dependent parasites with no choice but to go get a real job and no one to listen to their complaints and demands. That is to be forced to try to do something productive rather than work to take what others produce. Most have no marketable skills so they can "help" society by performing those tasks formerly done by "public" workers. Potholes need filling , grass cutting , graffitti removing , housing projects demolishing to make way for real housing , etc. Then they would be true "public servants" andvat least pay their own way for basic survival. Perhaps some can actually gain useable skills and move up in the world, a new experience for them to earn their own living but a vast improvement over taking from others. No wonder they will reject freedom and truly hate this book. It is freedom as common sense and just might convince current and hopefully soon to be former big government sympathizers to get on the freedom train. Horrors !
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Fabulous book.