the following are the principles upon which the American experiment and polity were based: * The only reliable basis for sound government and just human relations is Natural Law. * A free people cannot survive under a republican constitution unless they remain virtuous and morally strong. * The most promising method of securing a virtuous people is to elect virtuous leaders. * Without religion the government of a free people cannot be maintained. * All things were created by God, therefore upon him all mankind are equally dependent, and to him they are equally responsible. * All mankind were created equal. * The proper role of government is to protect equal rights, not provide equal things. * Mankind are endowed by God with certain unalienable rights. * To protect human rights, God has revealed a code of divine law. * The God-given right to govern is vested in the sovereign authority of the whole people. * The majority of the people may alter or abolish a government which has become tyrannical. * The United States of America shall be a republic. * A Constitution should protect the people from the frailties of their rulers. * Life and liberty are secure only so long as the rights of property are secure. * The highest level of prosperity occurs when there is a free-market economy and a minimum of government regulations. * The government should be separated into three branches. * A system of checks and balances should be adopted to prevent the abuse of power by the different branches of government. * The unalienable rights of the people are most likely to be preserved if the principles of government are set forth in a written Constitution. * Only limited and carefully defined powers should be delegated to government, all others being retained by the people. * Efficiency and dispatch require that the government operate according to the will of the majority, but constitutional provisions must be made to protect the rights of the minority. * Strong local self-government is the keystone to preserving human freedom. * A free people should be governed by law and not by the whims of men. * A free society cannot survive as a republic without a broad program of general education. * A free people will not survive unless they stay strong. * “Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations — entangling alliances with none.” (Thomas Jefferson) * The core unit which determines the strength of any society is the family; therefore the government should foster and protect its integrity. *The burden of debt is as destructive to human freedom as subjugation by conquest. * The United States has a manifest destiny to eventually become a glorious example of God’s law under a restored Constitution that will inspire the entire human race. patriotupdate/articles/the-founding-of-america/
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