What they mean is simple: American citizenship depends on adherence to a few principles laid out in the Founding documents. G.K.

These separate and independent academic units are sanctioned to teach our founding principles, American history, and Western civilization.

Ukraine and Moldova last month opened negotiations on a cluster of five chapters linked to the values and principles on which the EU was founded, including the rule of law, the upholding of fundamental rights, and the functioning of democratic institutions

America was founded on the principle of individual liberty. These individuals banded together to create a common culture of magnificence. This dream needs renewal. A clean, safe, and thrilling commons is essential to the good life.

Supporters say Judeo-Christian principles were key to the country's founding, and school curriculum should reflect that. Required Bible story readings for Texas students begin in elementary school. 

Economic systems founded on freedom are amoral, because when free-market principles are at work, people are free to choose for themselves. From the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE)

Trump’s MAGA message in 2025 is that the nation has destructively strayed from these principles. King’s message in 1963 was that the country failed and was failing to live up to those founding principles.

Rebirth of Civic Education Realizing that fewer of our young people were proud to be Americans, 20 years ago I started the Jack Miller Center for Teaching America’s Founding Principles and History.

It has become the symbol that represents the principles behind America’s founding—the principles of liberty and equality. This year marks America’s 250th birthday.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order establishing the Religious Liberty Commission to “safeguard and promote America’s founding principle of religious freedom,” according to the White House.

He checked the rest of Europe and found the same lopsided pattern everywhere. It now carries his name: the Pareto Principle, or the 80/20 rule, the observation that a small share of any system tends to produce most of its outcomes.

In fact, the U.S. constitutional system is founded on these natural law principles.

In addition to preventing terrorism, that order seeks to prevent entry by foreign nationals who “espouse hateful ideology” or “bear hostile attitudes toward [U.S.] citizens, culture, government, institutions, or founding principles.”

In my interviews with him, I asked Skousen where his wisdom came from, and he introduced me to the 28 founding principles of America. “What 28 founding principles? I’ve never heard of them!” I exclaimed.

This phoenix-like story has been long in preparation at the Jack Miller Center for Teaching America’s Founding Principles and History (JMC).

It’s a principle as old as war. And in the United States, it goes back to the founding of our republic. George Washington himself battled leaks, insider threats, and espionage."

Unlike many of King's contemporaries and those who sought to take up his mantle after his assassination, he did not denigrate the founding principles of the country, but rather he embraced them, insisting they should apply equally, to all people, regardless

Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon this week announced “a landmark initiative” for promoting the instruction of civics and America’s founding principles in K–12 schools and higher education institutions across the country.

His commitment to freedom and the nation's founding principles will endure, she said.

Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.), a daughter of Cuban exiles, who described socialist policies as being “fundamentally incompatible with America’s founding principles.”

Founding Principles The issue of Canada’s overarching value system is being impacted by messaging that separates Canada from its founding principles, Milke says.

Libertarian state New South Wales (NSW) MP, John Ruddick, hopes the Liberal Party can reconnect with its founding principles of classical liberalism. He says his former party's support for the state's hate speech laws goes against these values.

“Two hundred and fifty years of a free society, a free government, a nation that was founded on biblical principles ...

The justices found in that case that the Second Amendment isn’t violated when an individual is disarmed after a court has found him to pose a credible threat to the physical safety of another. 

The America 250 Civics Education Coalition, which was announced on Sept. 17 as a “landmark initiative,” is dedicated to restoring patriotism, strengthening civic knowledge, and rediscovering America’s founding principles in the education system.

The United States “rejects this evil doctrine” and demonstrates a commitment to its founding principles, the president’s proclamation states. “No ideology, whether foreign or domestic, can extinguish them,” it reads.

On Feb. 28, before the Trump action, the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) criticized the move, arguing it contradicts the nation's founding principles and marginalizes millions of Americans.

"This revisionist movement seeks to undermine the remarkable achievements of the United States by casting its founding principles and historical milestones in a negative light."

Support From Morrison Former Prime Minister Scott Morrison praised Ley’s remarks, saying her focus on enterprise echoed the Coalition’s founding principles.

Consular officers are also directed to review social media activity for signs of the applicant having possible disdain for the United States and its government, citizens, culture, founding principles, or institutions.