1. The Spiritual is Supreme
2. Fear of Government-over-Man
3. Unalienable Rights–From God
4. Man Organizes Governments to Be His Tools
5. Limited Government
6. Decentralized Government
7. Equal, By God’s Gift, In Sight of God and Law
8. Life and the Pursuit of Happiness
9. Liberty–Against Government-over-Man
10. Private Property–Liberty’s Support
11. Taxes–Limited to Safeguard Liberty
12. The Majority–Limited for Liberty
The above are excerpted from the book, “The American Ideal of 1776” by Hamilton Abert Long ©1976 