- Value [1] Opportunity
- The pursuit of opportunity has defined America from our very beginning. This is a land of opportunity. The American Dream
is a dream of equal opportunity for all. And the Republican Party is the party of opportunity. Today, that American Dream
is at risk.
- Value [2] Federalism
- Our nation faces unprecedented uncertainty with great fiscal and economic challenges, and under the current Administration
has suffered through the longest and most severe economic downturn since the Great Depression. Many Americans have experienced
the burden of lost jobs, lost homes, and lost hopes. Our middle class has felt that burden most acutely. Meanwhile, the federal
government has expanded its size and scope, its borrowing and spending, its debt and deficit. Federalism is threatened and
liberty retreats.
- Value [3] Liberty
- Value [4] Leadership
- For the world, this has been four years of lost American leadership, leadership that depends upon economic vitality and peace
through strength.
- Value [5] Economic Vitality
- Value [6] Peace through Strength
- Value [7] Trustworthy Leadership
- Put simply: The times call for trustworthy leadership and honest talk about the challenges we face. Our nation and our people
cannot afford the status quo. We must begin anew, with profound changes in the way government operates; the way it budgets,
taxes, and regulates. Jefferson’s vision of a “wise and frugal government” must be restored
- Value [8] Honest Talk
- Value [9] Wisdom
- Value [10] Frugality
- Value [11] Hard Work
- Providence has put us at the fork in the road, and we must answer the question: If not us, who? If not now, when? That is
the choice facing the American people this November. Every voter will be asked to choose between the chronic high unemployment
and the unsustainable debt produced by a big government entitlement society, or a positive, optimistic view of an opportunity
society, where any American who works hard, dreams big and follows the rules can achieve anything he or she wants.
- Value [12] Big Dreams
- Value [13] Adherence to Rules
- Value [14] Courage
- The American people possess vast reserves of courage and determination and the capacity to hear the truth and chart a strong
course. They are eager for the opportunity to take on life’s challenges and, through faith and hard work, transform the future
for the better. They are the most generous people on earth, giving sacrificially of their time, talent, and treasure.
- Value [15] Determination
- Value [16] Faith
- Value [17] Generosity
- Value [18] Success
- This platform affirms that America has always been a place of grand dreams and even grander realities; and so it will be again,
if we return government to its proper role, making it smaller and smarter. If we restructure government’s most important domestic
programs to avoid their fiscal collapse. If we keep taxation, litigation, and regulation to a minimum. If we celebrate success,
entrepreneurship, and innovation. If we lift up the middle class. If we hand over to the next generation a legacy of growth
and prosperity, rather than entitlements and indebtedness.
- Value [19] Entrepreneurship
- Value [20] Innovation
- Value [21] Growth
- Value [22] Freedom
- That same commitment must be present both here at home and abroad. We are a party that knows the difference between international
acclaim and world leadership. We will lift the torch of freedom and democracy to inspire all those who would be free. As President
Reagan issued the clarion call to “tear down this Wall,” so must we always stand against tyranny and oppression. We will always
support and cherish our men and women in uniform who defend our liberties with their lives.
- Value [23] Democracy
- Value [24] Constitutional Government
- As we embark upon this critical mission, we are not without guidance. We possess an owner’s manual: the Constitution of the
United States, the greatest political document ever written. That sacred document shows us the path forward. Trust the people.
Limit government. Respect federalism. Guarantee opportunity, not outcomes. Adhere to the rule of law. Reaffirm that our rights
come from God, are protected by government, and that the only just government is one that truly governs with the consent of
the governed.
- Value [25] Trust
- Value [26] Limited Government
- Value [27] Character
- The principles written in the Constitution are secured by the character of the American people. President George Washington
said in his first inaugural address: “The propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the
eternal rules of order and right which Heaven itself has ordained.” Values matter. Character counts.
- Value [28] Results Orientation
- Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan understand these great truths. They share a positive vision for America – a vision of America renewed
and strong. They know America’s best days lay ahead. It will take honest results-oriented, conservative leadership to enact
good policies for our people. They will provide it.
- Value [29] Conservative Leadership
- Value [30] Economic Freedom
- We are the party of maximum economic freedom and the prosperity freedom makes possible.
- Value [31] Prosperity
- Prosperity is the product of self-discipline, work, savings, and investment by individual Americans, but it is not an end
in itself. Prosperity provides the means by which individuals and families can maintain their independence from government,
raise their children by their own values, practice their faith, and build communities of self-reliant neighbors. It is also
the means by which the United States is able to assert global leadership. The vigor of our economy makes possible our military
strength and is critical to our national security. This year’s election is a chance to restore the proven values of the American
free enterprise system. We offer our Republican vision of a free people using their God-given talents, combined with hard
work, self-reliance, ethical conduct, and the pursuit of opportunity, to achieve great things for themselves and the greater
community. Our vision of an opportunity society stands in stark contrast to the current Administration’s policies that expand
entitlements and guarantees, create new public programs, and provide expensive government bailouts. That road has created
a culture of dependency, bloated government, and massive debt. Republicans believe in the Great American Dream, with its economics
of inclusion, enabling everyone to have a chance to own, invest, build, and prosper. It is the opposite of the policies which,
for the last three and a half years, have stifled growth, destroyed jobs, halted investment, created unprecedented uncertainty,
and prolonged the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. Those policies have placed the federal government in
the driver’s seat, rather than relying on energetic and entrepreneurial Americans to rebuild the economy from the ground up.
Excessive taxation and regulation impede economic development. Lowering taxes promotes substantial economic growth and reducing
regulation encourages business formation and job creation. Knowing that, a Republican President and Congress will jumpstart
an economic renewal that creates opportunity, rewards work and saving, and unleashes the productive genius of the American
people. Because the GOP is the Great Opportunity Party, this is our pledge to workers without jobs, families without savings,
and neighborhoods without hope: together we can get our country back on track, expanding its bounty, renewing its faith, and
fulfilling its promise of a better life.
- Value [32] Self-Discipline
- Value [33] Work
- Value [34] Savings
- Value [35] Investment
- Value [36] Global Leadership
- Value [37] Military Strength
- Value [38] National Security
- Value [39] Benevolence
- Value [40] Patriotism
- Value [41] The Constitution
- We are the party of the Constitution, the solemn compact which confirms our God-given individual rights and assures that all
Americans stand equal before the law. Perhaps the greatest political document ever written, it defines the purposes and limits
of government and is the blueprint for ordered liberty that makes the U.S. the world’s freest, most stable, and most prosperous
nation. Its Constitutional ideals have been emulated around the world, and with them has come unprecedented prosperity for
billions of people.
- Value [42] Individual Rights
- Value [43] Equality
- In the spirit of the Constitution, we consider discrimination based on sex, race, age, religion, creed, disability, or national
origin unacceptable and immoral. We will strongly enforce anti-discrimination statutes and ask all to join us in rejecting
the forces of hatred and bigotry and in denouncing all who practice or promote racism, anti-Semitism, ethnic prejudice, or
religious intolerance. We support efforts to help low-income individuals get a fair chance based on their potential and individual
merit; but we reject preferences, quotas, and set-asides as the best or sole methods through which fairness can be achieved,
whether in government, education, or corporate boardrooms. In a free society, the primary role of government is to protect
the God-given, inalienable, inherent rights of its citizens, including the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Merit, ability, aptitude, and results should be the factors that determine advancement in our society.
- Value [44] Ordered Liberty
- Value [45] Merit
- Value [46] Ability
- Value [47] Aptitude
- Value [48] Religious Freedom
- The Republican Party includes Americans from every faith and tradition, and our policies and positions respect the right of
every American to follow his or her beliefs and underscore our reverence for the religious freedom envisioned by the Founding
Fathers of our nation and of our party. As a matter of principle, we oppose the creation of any new race-based governments
within the United States.
- Value [49] Sustainable Jobs
- We are the party of sustainable jobs and economic growth – through American energy, agriculture, and environmental policy.
We are also the party of America’s growers and producers, farmers, ranchers, foresters, miners, and all those who bring from
the earth the minerals and energy that are the lifeblood of our nation’s historically strong economy.
- Value [50] Traditional Conservation
- We are as well the party of traditional conservation: the wise development of resources that keeps in mind both the sacrifices
of past generations to secure that bounty and our responsibility to preserve it for future generations.
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