Declaration of
Principles
IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE MAJORITY in a republic to
protect the rights of the minority, but it is also important for the minority
to honor the desires of the majority.
While a republic may not always protect the individual desires of the
minority, a pure democracy will disregard the wishes of the minority and defer
to the will of the majority. A pure
democracy by its very nature is controlled by those in power, and when deemed
necessary, power will be exercised by the powerful for their benefit.
LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS are defined in
the Declaration of Independence as unalienable rights. While they are not Constitutional Rights,
they are unalienable rights given to us by our “Creator.” The rights in the First Ten Amendments to the
Constitution known as the Bill of Rights are safeguards to preserving individuals’
unalienable rights to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
LIFE IS A GIFT FROM THE CREATOR. Only in rare circumstances should the life of
another be taken, and then only as a matter of necessity or deliberate
consideration. As a gift from the
Creator, we must do all in our power to preserve it, promote it, protect it,
and sustain it.
LIBERTY IS RESPONSIBLE FREEDOM PROPOSED BY STATESMEN AND
PAID FOR WITH THE BLOOD OF PATRIOTS. Its
foundation is celestial and eternal in nature.
It must be cherished, nourished, and guaranteed.
THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT MUST BE TAKEN
ADVANTAGE OF BY THOSE WHO WANT HAPPINESS.
It must be earned and is measured not by wealth or possessions, but by
inner peace that comes from doing what is right.
RIGHTS, GUARANTEED BY AGREEMENTS, DOCUMENTS, CONTRACTS,
COVENANTS, AND CONSTITUTIONS are inseparably connected to responsibilities
attendant to those rights. Similarly,
those rights are not merely gifts, but sacred possessions for which one must
continually work for, strive for, and endeavor to achieve and retain. They are the effects one may pursue as a
matter of right. Vigilance must be taken
to assure that these rights are not taken away.
The first responsibility we have to those rights is to them. Rights left unguarded, will be taken away one
by one, beginning with what is perceived as the weakest link yet most
threatening. Once taken, rights will
never return until a revolution takes place.
We are duty bound to protect ALL rights for ALL people.
NO GUARANTEED RIGHT CAN PREVAIL AT THE EXPENSE OF ANOTHER
guaranteed right. When any right
prevails at the expense of another right, then all rights are susceptible to
being denied and abolished.
GOVERNMENT, INSTITUTED BY THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE PEOPLE,
properly dictates the actions of the people but can never and must never
attempt to dictate the conscience of the people. It may inform the people of facts, but should
never interpret the mind and will of those who act nor should government tell
the people what to think.
HISTORY, ADMITTED OR NOT, CANNOT BE ERASED because it has
offended any segment of society. Because
an act in history offends the conscience does not mean that it did not happen
nor does it mean that the memory of history should be deleted. Not all history is worthy of celebration, but
all history is worthy of recording.
Monuments to actors in history are reminders of successful and failed
attempts at moving a community, a state, or the nation in a specific
direction. Often, the right course in
history is defined by the winner in a conflict, whether morally correct or morally
corrupt. Descendants of those for whom
monuments are built are entitled to the legacy of their past, whether deemed
good or evil. Rarely in history is a
person found who is completely above reproach.
THE VALUE OF A PERSON cannot be determined by station in
life, profession, occupation, wealth, color, race, national origin, religion,
or gender. Who a person is, is not based
upon a label. The value of a person is
not based upon a label. As we are
endowed with unalienable rights by our “Creator,” then we are sons and
daughters of that Creator. That is who
we are and that is our value. All are of
value. The president and CEO of a corporation
is no more valuable than the janitor who cleans the president’s office. Were it not for the janitor, the CEO could
not effectively and efficiently perform those duties. Were it not for the CEO, the janitor would
not have a job. We are all
interdependent. We rely on one another
to accomplish our goals. One is not more
valuable than the other. Both the janitor
and the CEO have the capacity to bring a corporation to its knees. Value added in a station in life determines
the value a person contributes, but not the value of the person. The definition of success is not how high a
person climbs the ladder of success but upon how complete a person fills a
chosen role in life. People are of
divine nature and infinite worth.
FAMILIES STAND AS THE FOUNDATION OF OUR NATION and as such,
parents have the responsibility to love, cherish, and rear their children by teaching
them the correct principles of honesty, fidelity, loyalty, and charity. They should provide for the welfare and
protection of their children and to instruct and nurture them that they may
become responsible adults. In order to Preserve
the Union the Union must first Preserve the Family, regardless of composition.
WHEN RIGHTS, CONSTITUTIONS, CONTRACTS, AND COVENANTS ARE
VIOLATED OR THREATENED, then people have a duty to rise up and to do all within
their power to protect and preserve those rights beginning with measurable and
assertive means.
Gregory B. Talley
July 4, 2020
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