Beliefs and Principles

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Statement of Beliefs

Inalienable Rights: We believe that man's "rights" flow from the Creator and the rights of life, liberty, and justice cannot be legitimately granted or rescinded by men.

Judeo-Christian Foundation: We believe in the guiding force of moral law as expressed by the Judeo-Christian ethic and contained in the Holy Scriptures of these historic faiths.

Self-Government: We believe that the only answer to the current moral decline that our nation now faces is a return to the beliefs and standards of morality which our founding fathers placed into the Constitution. We believe as the framers of that document, illustrated in President Adams statement, "This Constitution will not work except with a religious people." We understand that the concept of self-government begins with governing one's self first, then family, community, state, and nation.

Decentralized Government: We believe in the power of the individual over the power of the state. We believe that only small government truly serves the needs of the people.

Sanctity of Life: We believe that the preborn child is a human being deserving the full protection of the law.

Family: We believe that the traditional American family, defined as any persons related by blood, marriage of a man and a woman and/or adoption, is the cornerstone of our American society, and the government is duty bound to protect the integrity of the family unit through legislation and taxation policies.

Education: We believe in the rights of parents to a quality education for their children. We support parental choice to create competition among the schools. We must ensure that no school or teachers union can compromise the education of our children or advance a particular political agenda at the expense of our future generation's education.

Free Enterprise: We believe in the free enterprise system as the best hope for men and women to fulfill their economic hopes and dreams. We know that the free market is the most efficient and the least costly system to deliver the highest quality goods and services at the lowest price to the consumer. We will support only those who support the free enterprise system through legislation to reduce or eliminate intrusive government intervention in the marketplace.

Taxes: We believe that the federal tax system is abusive to the American people while discouraging investment and growth. We believe in growth-oriented tax policies which would gradually eliminate punitive income taxes and move our tax system in the direction of use taxes and sales taxes only.

National Defense: We believe in a strong and consistent national defense. We believe in victory over, and not accommodation with, tyranny in any form or philosophy.

Right to Bear Arms: We believe in the unqualified right of our citizens to keep and bear arms without the intrusive hand of government.

Victim's Rights: We believe in the concept of victims' rights over the rights of any criminal. We support a system of restitution as a deterrent to crime and recidivism.

Term Limitation: We believe that public service is a privilege. We support term limits for public officials, not as an ideal but as a necessity to dissuade career politicians. It is the people who should rule, not an elite with little accountability.

National Sovereignty: We believe in an America first program in which Government's first concern is the welfare and protection of the American people. We do not believe in trade protectionism but support political leaders who will adopt policies that create fair and competitive trade.

Statement of Principles

We, the members of the Huntington Beach chapter of the California Republican Assembly, in pledging our allegiance to the United States of America and to the "American Way of Life" which it has fostered and protected, do hereby affirm our belief in these fundamental principles:

That the foremost among the transcendant values is the individual's use of his God-given free will, whence derives his right to be free from the restrictions of arbitrary force.

That liberty is indivisible, and that political freedom cannot long exist without economic freedom.

That the purposes of government are to protect these freedoms through the preservation of internal order, the provision of national defense, and the administration of justice.

That when government ventures beyond these functions, it accumulates power which tends to diminish order and individual freedom.

That the Constitution of the United States is the best arrangement yet devised for empowering government to fulfill its proper role.

That the genius of the Constitution is in its clause which serves to divide the governing body to grant more power to each state.

That the market economy, based upon capitalism and free enterprise, allocating resources by the free play of supply and demand, is the greatest system for creating personal freedom, a strong constitutional government, and is the most productive supplier of human need.

That when government interferes with the free enterprise system or attempts to control the economy by taking from one individual to bestow upon another, it diminishes the incentive of the first, the integrity of the second, and the moral autonomy of both.

That periods of freedom are rare in history, and can exist only when free citizens concertedly defend their rights against all enemies and that the security of the United States cannot be bargained or diluted away.

That the forces of socialism and international communism are at present, and continue to be, the greatest threats to our freedom.

That the Unites States should stress victory over, rather than co-existence with, or containment of, communism; and its citizens should feel and express the will to win.

That United States foreign policy must be judged by this criterion; does it serve the interests of the United States.