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A Statement of Progressive Beliefs

9/13/2025

  1. We believe that all people are created equal; that, by virtue of this equality, they are equally endowed with certain fundamental rights, among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; and that it is the responsibility of government to secure these rights for everyone.
  2. We believe that this responsibility is moral in nature, derived from the self-evident truth of human equality; and thus that government, as an institution, has a responsibility to preserve its right to exist throughout time.
  3. We believe that securing the fundamental rights of the people means securing those conditions which allow them to enjoy these rights.
  4. We believe that that which is conducive for the people to enjoy these rights is also conducive for the individual, and vice versa; that that which threatens the people's ability to enjoy these rights also threatens the individual's ability, and vice versa; and thus, that it is the responsibility of government to secure for all the people that which is conducive for them to enjoy their rights and to protect the people against that which threatens their ability to enjoy them.
  5. We believe that the just authority of a government can only be derived from the consent of the people; that government is thus ultimately accountable to the people; and that the Constitution is the foundational framework upon which this accountability lies, subject to the changing circumstances and forces that may affect the ability of the people to enjoy their fundamental rights.
  6. We believe the Constitution should never be construed so as to threaten that which is conducive to the ability of the people to enjoy their fundamental rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
  7. We believe that when government itself becomes the agent that threatens the people's ability to enjoy their fundamental rights, either directly or through abdication, the people have a moral right and duty to alter or abolish it, and institute and design new government in such a way as to them most likely to secure these rights.