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Values and Insights
- Freedom First Society is particularly guided by the insights and experience of Robert Welch , as reflected in his writings and speeches.
- We thoroughly support the great Roman legacy — the rule of law , an immense contribution to protecting our rights over the discredited arbitrary rule of men.
- We subscribe to the principles of a Republic and the wisdom of our Founding Fathers who, with the U.S. Constitution , created the best, practical example of a Republic to date.
- We subscribe to Americanism , which is the novel concept that guided the birth of our nation — the idea that government should be the servant of the people , that governments are properly instituted to secure the people's God-given rights.
- And thus we support the healthy distrust of those we entrust with power . As Thomas Jefferson wisely counseled: “Confidence is everywhere the parent of despotism…. In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.”
- We respect the lessons of history . History and reason both argue that indispensable supports for a free society include widespread adherence to religion and morality , the traditional family, as well as cultural elements of Western Civilization such as responsibility, truth, justice, initiative, and self-sacrifice.
- Although experience shows that freedom is the key to economic prosperity, the primary justification for defending freedom is not economic, but religious and moral. It is man's God-given right to be free .
- We subscribe to the principle, as stated in the Declaration of Independence, “that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights.” Thus we vigorously oppose racism, anti-Semitism, hatred, and bigotry , and recognize them to be destructive forces and motivations.
- We believe that foul and illegitimate means cannot be justified by imagined good ends .
