Now, simply by adding your comment with your name and any thoughts you might have to the bottom of this article, you can electronically sign the Shire Society Declaration! While you can be in the Shire as a state of mind, it makes sense to live close to others who believe as you do. You are encouraged to immiGREAT to the Shire and join the Free Streets Project. Plus, you can add yourself to the Shire Map.
To learn about how the Shire Society Declaration came to be and to see high resolution versions of the originals, please visit the History page.
Perhaps you’d prefer to sign a physical copy that you can keep? Just grab this PDF and print it out for you and your friends and family to sign!
Shire Society Declaration
WE, THE UNDERSIGNED witnesses to the lesson of history — that no form of political governance may be relied upon to secure the individual rights of life, liberty, or property — now therefore establish and provide certain fundamental precepts measuring our conduct toward one another, and toward others:
FIRST, each individual is the exclusive proprietor of his or her own existence and all products thereof, holding no obligations except those created by consent;
SECOND, no individual or association of individuals, however constituted, has the right to initiate force against any other individual;
THIRD, each individual has the inalienable right of self-defense against the initiation of force;
FOURTH, explicit voluntary association is the only means by which binding obligations may be created, and claims based on association or relationships to which any party did not consent are empty and invalid;
FIFTH, rights are neither collective nor additive in character, and no group can possess rights in excess of those belonging to its individual members;
We hereby declare our commitment to peace, individual sovereignty, and independence, and join the Shire Society.
July 4, 2011
Joseph M Davis
December 10, 2015
samanthaswift!12 I am in a place that recognizes self and the desire to manifest a proper and loving community in which will be a shining example for all to return to The Mother. All will be Connecting to the force of creativity of like and kind individuals working from the collective bringing the truth filled vibrations of all being creator experiencing the mystic that has manifest to the common. There is lost knowledge we are here to re-engrain into the psyche. Some carry many of the lost commonalities to a part of our existence that calls forth the energies and manifest of our foremothers. Some carry much of the earthen simplicity of hand to manifest creation. I am that. I make this declaration to all of entirety and signing This Declaration with a singing signature. Samantha L. Roberts
December 30, 2015
Robert Anthony Zivolich (PETER)
Heir Apparent – Master Marshal
Kingdom of Zion
Salem (Shalom) (Peace) Oregon
January 2, 2016
I like and admire what you’re doing. keep it up, I’ll be moving to keen very soon.
January 6, 2016
Check your State Statutes for the phrase ” in this state or in the state ” this is where the New Hampshire statutes apply. The State of New Hampshire is all the federal land in New Hampshire. There are two governments one under common law the other under statutes. This is how they fool us they write a law for the land they own and then apply it on land they do not own you have to challenge territorial jurisdiction to address this.
January 13, 2016
I pledge to support the police taking criminals to jail even for jaywalking.
January 13, 2016
Amen.
March 18, 2016
Cynthia Brandt, former member of the FSP. Count me in!
March 29, 2016
Victor F Gagliano supports the shiresociety
July 4, 2011
Brett Harrison Clarke
July 4, 2011
Signed… because LIBERTY works! Derek J. Hanson
July 5, 2011
Jay P. Hailey
December 8, 2011
Couldn’t agree more.
October 14, 2015
Lavasha marrero
December 14, 2011
Signed!
January 11, 2012
I’m on this forum too now. – Buttholomew K. Genie
January 27, 2012
Great ideas Medium term follower of the movement, long time follower of liberty. I pledge my support. SIGNED!!
February 6, 2012
Signed.
February 13, 2012
Glad to join!
February 21, 2012
I declare my independence from all states.
William Thieme
March 8, 2012
This comment is my signature upon the above Declaration.
I have lived these principles all my adult life, and have successfully asserted them in various dealings with “authorities.” We have a gentleman’s agreement; they respect my rights and I don’t rain on their parade.
It is impossible to obtain a “judgment” that one is free.
However, the facts and law in the public record are that my wife and I are not part of any body politic or corporate, that no contract or other nexus exists by which we have waived any rights, and that any assertion to the contrary naturally arises from fraud.
March 19, 2012
It is a healthy practice to advocate anarchy. The USA took a wrong turn the moment any one individual was given authority over, or more rights than, another. Cops, Feds, cabinet members, executive branch, legislative branch, judicial branch, and basically any type of organization that is associated with government can only breed corruption and eventual tyranny. I’ve written countless papers on these matters for a decade, and you got my signature.
-Jeremy Edward Dion
April 4, 2012
Signed, though I can only join you in spirit.
April 22, 2012
Signed
April 26, 2012
Signed.
June 11, 2012
Signed, and thank you all.
June 11, 2012
Your still have to disconnect yourself from the US Corporation, by virtue of social security, IRS, or Unemployment Compensation. Everything US. I believe this to be true.
June 12, 2012
If all would throw away their money, what would it be worth ? When all the rivers are dammed, all the fish gone, and all the soil wasted, we will come to find out that we cannot eat money.
June 15, 2012
It is agreed between all of us that the overall benefit of choosing to
live in a society who’s transactions are all mutually consensual is
significantly higher than the overall benefit of choosing to live in a
society who mutually agree that forcefully taking an individual’s
property and rights through taxation and unjust law can somehow “improve
the common welfare and safety of the public.”
Those who do
not agree fail to understand that by neglecting to adhere to the
principles that the Shire Society has made clear, the result could
affect them to the point that they do not even have the freedom to
choose the principles they would like to live by for they are enslaved
by a government.
June 25, 2012
I haven’t been here in a while, but its cool that you don’t have to have a face book account to post here. I fully agree with the aims and goals of the shire society. Consider this my Signature.
June 28, 2012
I’m honored to be here and sign wholeheartedly!
July 3, 2012
hollo how are you doing find i”m looking for a friend to be with and make me happy to be in my life
July 3, 2012
hollo
July 15, 2012
Is leaving a message signing? if so accept this as me signing. Liberty only work for all of us if it is actively defended and pursued. the time for passive citizenry has to end. Wake up before it is to late.
July 19, 2012
Rory Clifford Smith
July 20, 2012
Consider me signed up
August 2, 2012
I live in NH now. If I don’t end up going back to Vermont, I’d give serious consideration to living either in Manchester or Keene. Peace!
August 4, 2012
#3 and #4 are the undeniable logical consequence of #1 and #2. Also, I don’t think the obtuse and dubious notion of “rights” is even necessary. The enumeration of specific entitlements (which is the Stanford definition of the term “right”) will only muddle the core principle. The simple, clear, highly accurate language of moral judgment should suffice: Either it is evil to initiate the use of force, or it is good. If it is evil, then responding in-kind when it occurs, is fully justified. This is all the protection we need.
April 2, 2015
Correct, but not everyone is smart enough to put all these pieces together, though. In my experience, if you do not explicitly spell out some things for people, some of them either misunderstand or get weaselly and play dumb.
August 17, 2012
I’m in like Flynn.
April 15, 2013
Flint, you mean. :@)
December 21, 2013
“In like Flynn” is a slang phrase meaning “having achieved a goal or gained access as desired”. The title of the film In Like Flint (1967) is a play on the term, and that has led to a malapropism where some speakers believe that is the original phrase.
August 19, 2012
Not signing. I am my own person and do not have to belong to any group to prove I am free to do what I want, when I want. Besides, all y’all will probably end up on some list owned by the government.
August 27, 2012
Signed. Planning to move when I can. Don’t know how soon that can be.
August 28, 2012
The undersigned is hereby declared a member of the Shire Society,
Robert Taylor
September 17, 2012
“Those are my principles, and if you don’t like them… well, I have others”; “I sent the club a wire stating, PLEASE ACCEPT MY RESIGNATION. I DON’T WANT TO BELONG TO ANY CLUB THAT WILL ACCEPT ME AS A MEMBER.”
– Groucho Marx
“The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence.”; “Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard.”
– H.L. Mencken
“To hell with the State. The State, its employees, contractors, and its community activists are uninvited, hostile intruders in my life. They and the force of their actions against my life, liberty, and property must be defended against sufficient to overcome, or at least as it is in my power to do so. To help secure myself, I offer my service in defense of others’ life, liberty and property against the same.”
– Mark Watson
The Philosophy of Liberty
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muHg86Mys7I
Please accept this as my signature to become a member of the Shire.
In Liberty and Voluntary Association,
Mark R. Watson, 09/17/2012
voluntaryist.markrwatson.org
October 14, 2012
I really hope I’ll be able to make the move to the Shire some day. Looking for a liberty loving lady to become my liberty loving wife, and to help me get a visa. 😉
Dean T. Harris
Flesherton, Ontario (…for the time being)
October 15, 2012
Consider this my signature!!
October 18, 2012
I love New Hampshire! It’s been a great place to raise a family, to live, work, and play. Everyday beauty is a part of life here, and Freedom & Liberty folks find their true home. Live Free and Love Life!
October 26, 2012
Jesse D. McDonald
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October 27, 2012
The term “free state project” is an oxymoron. I endorse free streets, free communities, and the Shire society.
November 27, 2012
Rebekah A Jones (Bella). Consider this my signature. Moving to Manchester (i think) very soon with nothing left but myself, small dog and suitcase. This will be my final attempt to adapt and overcome what have been overwhelming circumstances, and if I have to start all over with nothing I’d rather do it there, with my liberty intact if not my pride. Any hints, small adaptive living arrangements, ideas for an exchange of labor or intellect while I grab on to my bootstraps…? Advice or leads of all types gratefully welcomed.
January 11, 2013
Live free or die: Death is not the worst of evils.
January 13, 2013
You may not be able to EAT money, but you sure can’t buy food without it! It all goes hand in hand in survival. Freedom to America!
January 17, 2013
There is a lot of argument here in regard to this precept or that precept and whether or not any individuals have “The Right” to say or do something that the “rest of us” find unusual. But that is precisely what the United States was founded upon; the RiUght to say “No”. And the Shire Society is continuing that noble concept. Cheers to all, and may this great concept continue forever!?h
January 27, 2013
I totally agree
January 28, 2013
I’m in!
February 11, 2013
Signed, although I am unsure how soon I could afford to move, let alone get a job and place to stay.
February 13, 2013
Unless you renounce your citizenship at a US embassy (they have a piece of paper for you to sign), you’re still bound by the laws of the US. Please visit the nearest embassy and get the fuck out of my country.
February 20, 2013
“my country” .. ROFLMAO it don’t belong to you it never has. And If you have some documents that prove otherwise then keep your comments about ownership to your self. You don’t and never have owned anything. You can not pay for anything with a debt note.
March 7, 2015
I agree take a hike ,bunch of nutjobs.Especialy that guy on the youtube videos.H says “FREE KEENE.COM.What an idiot
February 13, 2013
I agree and sign
February 1, 2016
Fill me with freedom and away from all this oppression & false justice system. I may inhibit California but the hostility is why I do not consent to any of their laws.I’ve even been shot in the neck by an officer back when I turned 18 I’m now 23 & the last thing I told my lawyer was so you’re telling me that I’m not going to make out on this because I’m not dead or paralyzed & he responded to me saying what do you want lo happen to the officer & I quote him “do you want him to be prosecuted” I said hell yea! but unfortunately he told me you and I both know that’s not going to happen 💔and 8 settled out of court for barley enough to pay my hospital bills the bullet went into my neck to my shoulder it’s changed my view and opened my eyes to the bigger picture this is my signature and if hope to be apart of Keene someday too.
February 20, 2013
I notice many people hanging on to the idea of having a “president” or some form of legislature created by a de facto, but at the same time they claim they are free. That’s nonsense and a misnomer at best.
Can you say double minded, or a state of delusional insanity?
You can NOT have it both ways. Either one will love the freedom of being self governed, or the idea of being governed by another. A man’s actions will always define his need for governance.
Man can not create a de jure “government”. Once it is put on paper it then becomes de facto.
If one claims a title he has deceived himself along with others. Is it not true there is neither male nor female, neither Jew nor Greek, neither bond or free?
I am that I am, and nothing more than the I am that I am. So I can not be a title, name, word, or idea in the form of an expression.
March 5, 2013
i am a 33 year old soul. the turn to dust, Paul Kovack turned me into a potery and gave me inspriration for dreams of freedom an i will speak in art, to convey a golden crown. for we all are kings. listen to the words written down on our Hemp written constitution.. look it up…. its hard to kick against the thorns,theres many natural extensions to carry our freedom…….. what happens when you grow old, your blood doesnt turn to dust.. YOU’RE STILL ALIVE so naturally religiously unkind. its only a different point of view, but we all have love, thats what unites us, not beliefs… NO TRUE MAGICIAN HAS EVER SACRIFICED LIFE, DRANK BLOOD, OR TAKEN PART IN ANY OTHER STUPID URBAN LEGEND RITUAL. THEY GIVE BACK TO THE EARTH OUT OF LIFE. THIS SORT OF BEHAVIOR IS LEFT TO THE PSYCHOTIC, DOGMATIC, THIS SORT OF BEHAVIOR IS LEFT TO THE SICK. AND IM IN THE THICK OF IT!!!!!!!!!! LEAVE IT TO THE FUNDELMENTALIST BELIEVERS YOU SEE ON T.V. EVERYDAY LETTING OFF BOMBSAND KILLING PEOPLE IN THE NAME OF GOD………BELIEFS ARE DANGEROUS!!!!!!!!!!!!! BELIEFS ALLOW THE MIND TO STOP FUNCTIONING… A NON-FUNCTIONING MIND IS CLINICALLY DEAD. BELIEVE IN NOTHING…………………………………!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
January 26, 2016
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