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The AIP's current primary goal is "merely" a vote on secession from the United States of America [3] :
The call for this vote is in furtherance of the dream of the Alaskan Independence Party's founding father, Joe Vogler, which was for Alaskans to achieve independence... [2]
AIP founder Joe Vogler:
"I'm an Alaskan, not an American. I've got no use for America or her damned institutions." [3]
"Why the hell do I owe them [the United States government] anything? And then you get mad. And you say to hell with them. And you renounce allegiance. And you pledge your efforts, your effects, your honor, your life, to Alaska...
"The fires of Hell are frozen glaciers compared to my hatred for the American government, and I won't be buried under their damn flag; I'll be buried in Dawson [Canada]. And when Alaska is an independent nation they can bring my bones home, back to my country." [4]
"Our goal is ultimate independence by peaceful means under a minimal government fully responsive to the people. I hope we don't have to take human life, but if they go on tramping on our property rights, look out, we're ready to die." [5]
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