We Believe
In the Constitution as written, and the Republic it protects.
In faith, family, and the dignity of honest work.
In communities that govern themselves.
In freedom — of speech, of worship, of enterprise.
In secure borders, safe streets, and elections beyond question.
In an America worth defending — and a future worth building.
Twelve principles. No hedging, no focus-group varnish. This is the standard we hold candidates to — and the standard we expect to be held to ourselves.
A country without controlled borders is not a country. Legal immigration under clear rules is welcome; uncontrolled entry, chain migration, and sanctuary policies are not. American citizens come first.
Congress shall have Power … To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization.U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8
The Constitution is a limit on government, not a grant of power to it. Free speech, the right to keep and bear arms, religious practice, and the right to be left alone are non-negotiable. “For the greater good” is the oldest excuse for tyranny.
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.Tenth Amendment, 1791
Capitalism — rough edges and all — has lifted more people out of poverty than any system ever devised. Government picking winners, endless redistribution, and regulatory capture destroy wealth and opportunity. Work, thrift, and risk-taking are virtues.
… a wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.Thomas Jefferson, First Inaugural Address, 1801
One tier of justice, equal for all. Crime is crime. Soft-on-crime prosecutors, selective prosecution, and riots waved through as “mostly peaceful” undermine the social contract. Order precedes liberty.
… to the end it may be a government of laws and not of men.Massachusetts Constitution, 1780, Part the First, Article XXX
The family is the basic unit of society. Stable two-parent households produce better outcomes for children on every measurable metric. Policies that undermine marriage, fatherhood, or parental rights — especially against the state — are hostile to civilization itself.
Sex is binary and immutable in humans. Denying this in law, medicine, sports, or schools is not compassion — it is ideology imposed on reality, most often at the expense of women and children.
No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance …Title IX, Education Amendments of 1972, 20 U.S.C. § 1681
Equal opportunity under the law — color-blind, every time. Treating people differently by race, sex, or ancestry is the definition of racism and sexism, whatever “corrective” label it wears. Merit is the only fair standard.
… nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.Fourteenth Amendment, 1868
Cheap, reliable power is the foundation of prosperity — nuclear, oil, gas, and coal as needed. Climate policy that deliberately raises energy costs on working families while the elite fly private is moral preening, not science.
A powerful military deters war; appeasement and weakness invite it. Alliances exist to serve American interests — not the other way around.
To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.George Washington, First Annual Message to Congress, 1790
Debt is future taxation and inflation. Endless deficits, entitlement growth without reform, and a bureaucracy that never shrinks transfer power from citizens to the administrative state. Government must live within its means — and within its limits.
As a very important source of strength and security, cherish public credit.George Washington, Farewell Address, 1796
The Enlightenment, the Anglo-American legal tradition, and the Judeo-Christian moral framework built the freest, most prosperous civilization in history. It is worth defending, not apologizing for. Assimilation is required; parallel societies are not.
Religion, morality, and knowledge, being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged.Northwest Ordinance, 1787, Article 3
Facts are not “hate speech.” Institutions — media, academia, tech, intelligence — that suppress or distort reality for political ends forfeit public trust. Open inquiry and dissent are the immune system of a free society.
… error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.Thomas Jefferson, First Inaugural Address, 1801
None of this is new. Under each principle you will find what it rests on. For most that is the founding text itself — the Constitution and its amendments, the Massachusetts Constitution of 1780, the Northwest Ordinance, Washington and Jefferson. Where no founding text speaks, it is the law as written or the government’s own figures. Every one is linked to its source so you can read it for yourself.
The Declaration of Independence put the whole of it in one sentence: “Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.”
Photographs and documents behind each principle are in the public domain, from the Library of Congress, the National Archives, the U.S. Navy, the Architect of the Capitol and the National Institutes of Health, among others.
These are not talking points. They are the terms of the American inheritance — earned by those before us, owed to those after us. Great America PAC exists to elect people who will defend them.
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