Responsibility

Self-Government - Individual responsibility: It is essential that citizens not expect from their government what they can do for themselves. “To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people is a chimerical (fanciful) idea.” James Madison
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Prosperity

Sound Money - America can only prosper if its money is sound. The ability of our government to artificially control the supply and value of money has lead to the mortgaging of our country’s economic stability on the backs of future generations. “All the perplexities, confusions, and distress in America, arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want of...
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Happiness

Free Markets - A strong free market is essential to the life of a free society – a life where each individual can labor as they so choose and use the fruits of that labor to improve their own lives and those of their community as each determines. ” … a wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own...
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Security

Sanctity of Private Property - The ability to obtain and maintain property as an individual without fear of confiscation is essential to the existence of a free society. “It has been well said that, ‘The property each man has is his own labor as it is the original foundation of all other property, so it is the most sacred and inviolable.’ ” Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations...
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Liberty

Constitutionally-Limited Government - Our founders gave us a Constitutional Republic. It can only succeed if government remains within its given jurisdiction and abides by the stated intentions and purposeful limitations contained in our founding documents. “The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain...
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Justice

Rule of Law - America was founded as a nation rooted in higher law, not in man. Our government must advocate what is just, not what is popular. Justice is only served when the laws are just. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit...
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Peace

Self-Determinist Foreign Policy - All nations have an equal right to self-determine. To that end, we should not interfere in the political affairs of others. “The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connections as possible.” George Washington, Farewell...
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