FOUNDING PRINCIPLES

"The idea uppermost in the minds of men who founded the United States was that each and every human being was important. They were convinced that the importance of the individual did not come from any grant of the state, that the importance of the individual did not come from any position that he had achieved nor from any power he had acquired nor from any wealth he had amassed.

"They knew that the importance of man came from the very source of his life. Because man was made in the image and likeness of God, he had a destiny to achieve. And because he had a destiny to achieve, he had the inalienable right and the inherent freedom to achieve it."

FTAF Manual (Proposed) 50-1 for Students 1954

When it becomes apparent that the leadership of America loses touch with the founding principles, Americans must stand up and demand a return to these principles.

Anonymous

Those who refuse to participate in politics shall be governed by their inferiors.

Plato

"Silence in the face of evil is itself evil. God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act."

Dietrich Boenhoffer, a German pastor who stood against the Nazis.

Founding Documents of the UNITED STATES
(and other writings and speeches)

William Barrett Travis' Letter from the Alamo, 1836

Speech by Fredrick Douglass on The US Constitution, 1860.

American Freedom 1948.

Martin Luther King - I Have a Dream Speech Video