One Million Conservatives United and …

Moving Our Nation Back Toward Our Founding Principles!

The headlong drive to dramatically expand the scope and size of government and the radical push to recast our nation into a socialist state is threatening the God-given liberty and freedom of every American. Every day, we are faced with a liberal media that endorse and encourage the big-government programs coming out of Washington. When was the last time you heard the so-called “news” media talk about things like individual liberty, limited government, or free enterprise – unless it was to denigrate them? Fifty years ago, a group of young conservative leaders came together during a time of moral and political crisis to draft and sign the “Sharon Statement,” laying out the founding principles of conservatism and paving the way to the Reagan Revolution. That’s precisely what today’s conservative leaders are doing by adding their names to The Mount Vernon Statement. Together they are recommitting themselves to a true Constitutional conservatism, and are calling on all conservatives to do the same by signing this statement. MRC founder and President Brent Bozell put it this way: "The Mount Vernon Statement solidifies the conservative movement as vibrant and energized, ready to lead America into a renewed era of liberty and self government. Conservatives must reinstitute the great principles that defined us by our nation’s founders. Conservatives must work to fight the radical agenda that threatens our jobs, our security, our values and our security. And conservatives must do it together." Brent joined more than 80 conservative leaders in signing this statement on February 17, 2010 near the home of George Washington. Our goal now is to educate the public by rallying at least ONE MILLION citizens nationwide to sign this statement and recommit to the first principles of our nation. To read the Mount Vernon Statement and add your name, see below.

Mt. Vernon Statement Prominent signers: Ed Meese, former U.S. Attorney General Edwin Feulner, president of the Heritage Foundation Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council Becky Norton Dunlop, president of the Council for National Policy Alfred Regnery, publisher of the American Spectator David Keene, president of the American Conservative Union Wendy Wright, president of Concerned Women for America David McIntosh, co-founder of the Federalist Society T. Kenneth Cribb, former domestic policy adviser to President Reagan Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform William Wilson, President, Americans for Limited Government Elaine Donnelly, Center for Military Readiness Kenneth Blackwell, Coalition for a Conservative Majority Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring Kathryn J. Lopez, National Review

The Mount Vernon Statement Reads (Read the full text here)

We recommit ourselves to the ideas of the American Founding. Through the Constitution, the Founders created an enduring framework of limited government based on rule of law. They sought to secure national independence, provide for economic opportunity, establish true religious liberty and maintain a flourishing society of republican self-government.

A Constitutional conservatism based on first principles provides the framework for a consistent and meaningful policy agenda.

• It applies the principle of limited government based on the rule of law to every proposal.
• It honors the central place of individual liberty in American politics and life.
• It encourages free enterprise, the individual entrepreneur, and economic reforms grounded in market solutions.
• It supports America’s national interest in advancing freedom and opposing tyranny in the world and prudently considers what we can and should do to that end.
• It informs conservatism’s firm defense of family, neighborhood, community, and faith.

If we are to succeed in the critical political and policy battles ahead, we must be certain of our purpose. We must begin by retaking and resolutely defending the high ground of America’s founding principles.