“The general principles of any study you may learn by books at home; but the detail, the colour, the tone, the air, the life which makes it live in us, you must catch all these from those in whom it lives already.”
“No one can find a safe way out for himself if society is sweeping towards destruction. Therefore everyone, in his own interests, must thrust himself vigorously into the intellectual battle. None can stand aside with unconcern; the interests of everyone hang on the result.”
The Future of Freedom Foundation is once again holding one of the most important conferences in the history of the libertarian movement, “Restoring the Republic 2008: Foreign Policy and Civil Liberties.” This conference is a follow-up to the fantastic conference “Restoring the Republic: Foreign Policy and Civil Liberties” that we held last year. (To order DVDs or CDs from our 2007 conference, click here.)
The conference will be held on June 6-8, 2008, from Friday morning through Sunday evening. It will feature some of the finest, most principled speakers in the country on the two burning issues of our time — foreign policy and civil liberties. This landmark conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency Reston in Reston, Virginia. Reston is one of the nicest areas of northern Virginia and, in fact, was named one of the Top 100 Best Places to Live by Money magazine.
For the past several decades, U.S. foreign policy has included support of dictatorial regimes, brutal sanctions and embargoes, invasions and occupations, terrorist “blowback” against the United States, severe assaults on civil liberties and the Bill of Rights, suspension of habeas corpus, torture and “rendition” of detainees, indefinite detentions, and kangaroo military tribunals.
With ever-growing debacles in U.S. foreign policy and related monetary crises, there has never been a better time to come together to share ideas on restoring the limited-government, constitutional republic envisioned by our Founding Fathers. It is to that end that we are hosting this exciting and important conference. When you review our list of 20 speakers — libertarians, liberals, and conservatives — you will see that this is going to be one exciting intellectual experience you are not going to want to miss. To get a sense of how great this conference is going to be, take a look at the testimonials we received from attendees at last year's conference: Testimonials.
Not only will you have the opportunity to listen to speeches by some of the greatest speakers on foreign policy and civil liberties, you will also have the opportunity to mingle with them as well as with conference participants from all over the country who share the same concern about the future direction of our nation and the same passionate commitment to our fundamental rights and freedoms.
Each day, the conference schedule will enable the participants to listen to all the speeches of all the speakers. Each speech will range from 45 minutes to one hour.
All meals — continental breakfasts, lunches, and dinners — from Friday morning through Sunday night will be provided by the Hyatt Regency Reston and are included in the $495 registration fee.
During breaks, participants will be able to enjoy Reston Town Center, where there are shops, outdoor restaurants, Saturday night outdoor music and dancing, and the W&OD hiking-biking trail.
At each dinner, conference participants will be included in a drawing for a special gift from FFF.
If you would like to become a conference sponsor, please call us at 703-934-6101 or email us fff@fff.org.
Register for the conference either online or by telephoning us (1-703-934-6101).
After registering for our 2008 conference, reserve your room at the Hyatt Regency Reston online here. Or call the Hyatt Regency Reston (1-888-591-1234; 703-709-1234) to make your hotel reservations — be sure to mention ěThe Future of Freedom Foundation conferenceî to receive a discounted room. (Discounted rooms are limited and are offered on a first-come, first-served basis.)
Don’t delay! Register today!
