• Who We Are Wash U Young Americans for Liberty is a student organization at Washington University in St. Louis that seeks to intellectually challenge, educate, and mobilize students on the ideals of minimal government, free markets, civil liberties, and freedom.

Our pledge for the year:

Our Principles

Members of Wash U YAL recognize the natural rights of life, liberty, and property set forth by our Founding Fathers. Our government was instituted to protect the freedoms of the individual and to be directed by we the people.

We recognize that freedom deserves responsibility and therefore we hold ourselves to a high moral standard. Principle defines our outlook toward government. Peace and prosperity drive our ambitions toward our countrymen.

We welcome limited government conservatives, classical liberals, and libertarians who trust in the creed we set forth.

WE, as Young Americans for Liberty believe:

THAT government is the negation of liberty;

THAT voluntary action is the only ethical behavior;

THAT respect for the individual's property is fundamental to a peaceful society;

THAT violent action is only warranted in defense of one's property;

THAT the individual owns his/her body and is therefore responsible for his/her actions;

THAT society is a responsibility of the people, not the government.