Candidate for
United States Senator

I believe in the following defination of government:

(taken from the American Declaration of Independence, 1776)

WE

[The author, the signers, You and I]

[Keep in our minds, believe]

[Listed here]

[Facts]

[Obvious, clear, known to all]

[Each living man, woman and child]

[Each person is as good as only other person]
[Each person is the same in a court of law]
[Laws apply to each person in the same manner]

[Each person]

[Given -- without asking]

[Maker, nature or god]

[Some]

[Cannot be given away or shared]

[Something given you that you cannot give away]

[Your own life is yours to live or take]

[You are free to make your way in life]

[You may live your life in freedom seeking whatever it is that gives you satisfaction and comfort]

[Keep safe]

[Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness]

[Ruling body to set up the law]

[Created, made, designed, set up]

[The word men here is used to say "man as a human" and includes men, women and children, all sexes, all races, all ages, all beliefs]

[Given]

[Fair and necessary only]

[Authority, ability to enforce]

[Permission]

[The people who agree to follow the rules]

I, Gail Lightfoot, believe with all my heart in this as the only basis for a fair and limited government.

This is the foundation for the U.S. Constitution.

This is morally correct.

The federal government is way, way beyond these simple truths today.

It is time for the people to take back their government.

It is time to set things' right by repealing laws that do not serve to protect the Rights of the Individual.

It is time to set us free to seek happiness according to our abilities.

I pledge myself to work to that end.

Gail Lightfoot

California Libertarian candidate for U.S. Senate, 2000