Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are not granted by government — they are recognized by it. We will reclaim the foremost function of government: the defense and expansion of these unalienable rights for all people.
Stewardship begins by remembering whose rights come first. These commitments make every other claim possible.
We hold with the Declaration that rights come from the Creator and from Nature, not from the state. Government's just powers are borrowed from the consent of the governed — and remain answerable to them.
Every officeholder signs a Servant Pledge. Authority is measured by humility and service, not dominance or accumulation, and is judged by how soon an office can be made unnecessary.
Power is best stewarded by distributing it — to families, neighborhoods, and communities who can decide what is best for themselves.
The Declaration of Independence is the great American example of taking action — of ordinary people standing up for what is self-evident and refusing to wait for permission to live in the truth. Government is not a master but a steward. When people forget stewardship, they hold both the right and the responsibility to restore it — not by tearing down, but by demonstrating and proving something better.
"...that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
— The Declaration of Independence, 1776