Our Mission

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America’s constitutional republic did not emerge by accident. It was built on a distinctive intellectual tradition — a blend of reason, virtue, natural rights, and republican self‑government that the Founders understood as the American Enlightenment. Today, those principles remain essential to the preservation of our institutions and the character of our civic life. 

• Civic Virtue — the habits of character necessary for self‑government
• Constitutional Balance — the separation of powers, checks and balances, and the rule of law
• National Unity — the rejection of factionalism and the cultivation of civic friendship
• Reasoned Citizenship — the Enlightenment commitment to inquiry, education, and public responsibility
• Republican Stewardship — the duty to preserve institutions for future generations

To strengthen America’s civic foundations by promoting the ideas, virtues, and constitutional guardrails articulated in the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, the Constitution, the Federalist Papers, and George Washington’s Farewell Address.