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CREED
The Creed of the ACP is a belief system of how we feel a just
government and its citizens should interract.
We Believe:
* the legitimacy of government exists only as long as it defends
human liberty.
* the origin of human liberty predates government, and therefore
liberty cannot be repealed by government.
* the existence of human liberty presupposes the right to
defend it, and the basic right to live begets the rights of self-defence
and free expression.
* the self-ownership evident in human liberty begets basic
rights over one’s self and time, and that the
right to pursue happiness and self-fulfillment originate here.
* the boundary of human liberty ends where it transgresses
the rights of another. Jurisprudence exists to mediate disputes
where the boundaries of more than one individual intersect.
* the armed forces and law enforcement exist to bolster private
defense, not to supplant it.
* that the American Experiment was born out of these beliefs
and that it has resulted in a bountiful gain for the human condition.
PRINCIPLES
Foundation
From this Foundation, all principles flow.
* The individual is sovereign
o We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created
equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable
Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of
Happiness.
* Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just limited
powers from the consent of the governed
o We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more
perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility,
provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare,
and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity
do ordain and establish the Constitution for the United States
of America.
Principles
Authority of Government
* The citizens of the United States are the sole source of power
and life of the United States Government. All powers and authority
not explicitly given by the citizens to their representatives
remain with the states or the people thereof.
* The United States Government has the authority and obligation
to protect its citizens and their liberties from all actual and
perceived threats regardless of the source, location or scope.
Limitiations on Government
* The federal legislature may make no law that abridges or limits
the Constitutional rights of an individual.
* No state may abridge a citizen's right to life, liberty, or
property without due process of law.
* Property currently owned or controlled by the Government is
held in Trust for the citizens
* Regardless of compensation, no property shall be forcibly taken
by government for private use or profit.
Citizenship
* Any child, born of a citizen, shall have all the legal rights
of a citizen born or naturalized into the United States.
* Persons who are not citizens or resident aliens of the United
States have no right to petition or benefit from any agency of
the government except for petition of entry or asylum.
* A child born in the United States to non-citizens is not a
citizen.
Citizen Responsibilities
* Each adult citizen is responsible for the health, education
and welfare of himself or herself and their family.
* No adult citizen may call on the resources of another citizen
or group of citizens without their explicit, expressed consent.
* No citizen or group of citizens, by expression of any character
or physical trait, may call upon the resources, nor abridge the
rights, of another citizen or group of citizens without their
explicit, expressed consent.
* It is the responsibility of every citizen to participate in
the political process.
American Conservative Party
May 2008 |