Reference: National Center for Constitutional Studies
1. The only reliable basis for sound government and just human
relations is Natural Law. (more)
2. A free people cannot survive under a republican
constitution unless they remain virtuous and morally strong.
3. The most promising method of securing a virtuous and
morally stable people is to elect virtuous leaders.
4. Without religion the government of a people cannot be
maintained.
5. All things were created by God, therefore upon Him all
mankind are equally dependent, and to Him they are equally
responsible.
6. All men are created equal.
7. The proper role of government is to protect equal rights,
not provide equal things. (more)
8. Men are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable
rights.
9. To protect man's rights, God has revealed certain
principles of divine law.
10. The God-given right to govern is vested in the sovereign
authority of the whole people.
11. The majority of the people may alter or abolish a
government which has become tyrannical.
12. The United States of America shall be a republic.
13. A constitution should be structured to permanently protect
the people from the human frailies of their rulers.
14. Life and liberty are secure only so long as the right of
property is secure.
15. The highest level of prosperity occurs when there is a
free market economy and a minimum of government regulations.
16. The government should be separated into three branches:
legislative, executive, and judicial.
17. A system of checks and balances should be adopted to
prevent the abuse of power.
18. The unalienable rights of the people are most likely to be
preserved if the principles of government are set forth in a written
constitution.
19. Only limited and carefully defined powers should be
delegated to government, all others being retained in the people.
20. Efficiency and dispatch require government to operate
according to the will of the majority, but constitutional provisions
must be made to protect the rights of the minority.
21. Strong local self-government is the keystone to preserving
human freedom.
22. A free people should be governed by law and not by the
whims of men.
23. A free society cannot survive as a republic without a
broad program of general education.
24. A free people will not survive unless they stay strong.
25. "Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations:
entangling alliances with none."
26. The core unit which determines the strength of any society
is the family; therefore, the government should foster and
protect its integrity.
27. The burden of debt is as destructive to freedom as
subjugation by conquest. (more)
28. The United States has a manifest destiny to be an example
and a blessing to the entire human race.