The only proper role of government, according to libertarians, is that of the protector of the citizen against aggression by other individuals. The g… - John Hospers

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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.

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About John Hospers

(9 June 1918 – 12 June 2011) was an American philosopher and politician. In 1972 he became the first presidential candidate of the Libertarian Party, and was the only new party candidate to receive an Electoral College vote in that year's U.S. Presidential election.

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