I AM A REPUBLICAN
BECAUSE...
... I believe that faith in
individual people is the only true foundation of our national
strength.
... I believe that our
national stability can stem only from the basic constitutional
principles that unite us.
...I believe that free
enterprise and encouragement of individual incentive have given
this nation an economic system second to none on earth.
...I believe, as Lincoln did,
that the proper function of government is to do for the people
only those things that have to be done, but cannot be done by
individuals for themselves.
...I believe that sound
economic growth can be generated only by sound money and
avoidance of inflationary deficits.
...I believe in equal rights
and equal justice for all regardless of race, creed or color.
...I believe Americans have an
international kinship with peoples everywhere who seek the
extension of freedom and human rights.
...I believe that Americans
have an enduring capability of making hard decisions
unflinchingly when the security of the nation and our free world
allies is threatened by aggression.
...I believe the party is a
party of vision, retaining those things from the past that are
worth retaining and always receptive to new ideas in the task of
building a better America.
...I believe our mission is to
win on merit as we appeal to all segments of the population --
not as separate groups but as part of the whole with equal but
never superior claims on the progress we can generate.
...Finally, I believe that
only through the Republican Party can these ideals become active
and successful principles of government
