This belief is vital to understanding that individuals have certain intrinsic and unalienable rights, namely the right to complete freedom and personal accountability. As such, we believe that individuals are responsible for making their own decisions in reference to their lives and that the role of government should be limited to basic and specific provisions.
Limited government is a concept many people have difficulty grasping.
Many confuse limited government with Anarchy. Quite plainly, Penn Libertarians does not endorse the notion of a completely Anarchical society. Like the Libertarian Party, we endorse the notion of limited government in the form it was intended by the framers of the Constitution. Government responsibilities are thus simple and unbureaucratic. The responsiblities of government include providing its citizens with protection from force, fraud, and coercion.