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Subject: SNET: 28 Principles On Which The Nation Was Founded
Date: 29 May 2000 11:01:08 -0400
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Subj:    28 Principles This Nation Was Found On
Date:   5/29/00 6:54:16 AM CDT
From:   LadyLiberty@Visto.Com (Liberty .)
To:       BobWorn@AOL.COM

THE 28 PRINCILES ON WHICH THIS
NATION WAS FOUNDED

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

2nd Principle - A free people cannot survive under a republican constitution 
unless they remain virtuous and morally strong.

3rd Principle - The most promising method of securing a virtuous and morally 
stable people is to elect virtuous leaders.

4th Principle - Without religion the government of a free people cannot be 
maintained.

5th Principle - All things were created by God, therefore upon Him all 
mankind are equally dependent, and to Him they are equally responsible.

6th Principle - All men are created equal.

7th Principle - The proper role of government is to protect equal rights, not 
provide equal things.

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

9th Principle - To protect man's rights, God has revealed certain principles 
of divine law.

10th Principle - The God-given right to govern is vested in the sovereign 
authority of the whole people.

11th Principle - The majority of the people may alter or abolish a government 
which has become tyrannical.

12th Principle - The United States of America shall be a republic.

13th Principle - A constitution should be structured to permanently protect 
the people from the human frailties of their rulers.

14th Principle - Life and liberty are secure only so long as the right to 
property is secure.

15th Principle - The highest level of prosperity occurs when there is a 
free-market economy and a minimum of government regulations.

16th Principle - The government should be separated into three branches -- 
legislative, executive, and judicial.

17th Principle - A system of checks and balances should be adopted to prevent 
the abuse of power.

18th Principle - The unalienable rights of the people are most likely to be 
preserved if the principles of government are set forth in a written 
constitution.

19th Principle - Only limited and carefully defined powers should be 
delegated to government, all others being retained in the people.

20th Principle - 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.

21st Principle - Strong local self-government is the keystone to preserving 
human freedom.

22nd Principle - A free people should be governed by law and not by the whims 
of men.

23rd Principle - A free society cannot survive as a republic without a broad 
program of general education.

24th Principle - A free people will not survive unless they stay strong.

25th Principle - "Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations -- 
entangling alliances with none."

26th Principle - The core unit which determines the strength of any society 
is the family; therefore, the government should foster and protect its 
integrity.

27th Principle - The burden of debt is as destructive to freedom as 
subjugation by conquest.

28th Principle - The United States has a manifest destiny to be an example 
and a blessing to the entire human race.

And there you have it... the 28 Principles this great nation was founded on.  
Taken from "The 2000 Year Leap" by Dr. W. Cleon Skousen

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