Snapping up Life

28 Principles of Freedom

1^st Principle

The only reliable basis for sound government and just human relations is Natural Law.

2^nd Principle

A free people cannot survive under a republican constitution unless they remain virtuous and morally strong.

3^rd Principle

The most promising method of securing a virtuous and morally stable people is to elect virtuous leaders.

4^th Principle

Without religion the government of a free people cannot be maintained.

5^th Principle

All things were created by God, therefore upon Him all mankind are equally dependent, and to Him they are equally responsible.

6^th Principle

All men are created equal.

7^th Principle

The proper role of government is to protect equal rights, not provide equal things.

8^th Principle

Men are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights.

9^th Principle

To protect man’s rights, God has revealed certain principles of divine law.

10^th Principle

The God-given right to govern is vested in the sovereign authority of the whole people.

11^th Principle

The majority of the people may alter or abolish a government which has become tyrannical.

12^th Principle

The United States of America shall be a republic.

13^th Principle

A constitution should be structured to permanently protect the people from the human frailties of their rulers.

14^th Principle

Life and liberty are secure only so long as the right to property is secure.

15^th Principle

The highest level of prosperity occurs when there is a free-market economy and a minimum of government regulations.

16^th Principle

The government should be separated into three branches- legislative, executive, and judicial.

17^th Principle

A system of checks and balances should be adopted to prevent the abuse of power.

18^th Principle

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^th Principle

Only limited and carefully defined powers should be delegated to government, all others being retained in the people.

20^th Principle

Efficiency an dispatch require government to operate accordingly to the will of the majority, but constitutional provisions must be made to protect the rights of the minority.

21^st Principle

Strong local self-government is the Keystone to preserving human freedom.

22^nd Principle

A free people should be governed by law and not by the whims of men.

23^rd Principle

A free society cannot survive as a republic without a broad program of general education.

24^th Principle

A free people will not survive unless they stay strong.

25^th Principle

“Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations - entangling alliances with none.”

26^th Principle

The core unit which determines the strength of any society is the family; therefore, the government should foster and protect its integrity.

27^th Principle

The burden of debt is as destructive to freedom as subjugation by conquest.

28^th Principle

The United States has a manifest destiny to be an example and a blessing to the entire human race.