- That self-made individuals are a myth.
- That empathy is natural and must be nurtured.
- That we are all responsible for each other.
- That equality is an honorable goal.
- That we must protect and preserve our common wealth for our benefit and the benefit of all who come after us.
- That learning is an act of love for all things unknown.
- That government, of, by, and for we the governed, must equally protect and empower all breathing citizens.
- That maintaining the people’s government requires citizen participation to avoid control by a minority.
- That citizenship dues in proportion to one’s use of the common wealth, and growth in population, is absolutely necessary for all those who follow us and for maintaining a people’s government.
- That the workplace must be democratized to minimize concentration of power that will tend to destroy democracy.