Found this on the web and thought that I would share it.

That the proper role of government is to protect life, liberty and property rights, not provide equal things and when government assumes other functions it is usurpation and oppression. That it is a violation of the Constitution for government to deprive the individual of either life, liberty, or property except for these purposes:

* Punish Crime and provide for the administration of justice.
* Protect the right and control of private property.
* Wage defensive war and provide for the nation's defense.
* Compel each one who enjoys the protection of government to bear his fair share of the burden of performing the above functions.