A Miracle that changed the world!

Our Founding Fathers said that these 28 Principles of Freedom must be understood and perpetuated by every people who desire peace, prosperity, and freedom.

Adherence to these beliefs during the past 200 years has brought about more progress than was made in the previous 5,000 years.

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

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 free 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!

8.  Men are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights

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

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 frailties 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

28.  The United States has a (divine duty) to be an example and a blessing to the entire human race.

For more information on the 28 principles and how we return to them, read The 5000 Year Leap by Cleon Skousen or Visit The National Center for Constitutional Studies.