Issue Position: Restore a Sense of Personal Responsibility

Issue Position

We should not judge the souls of our fellow citizens, but we should hold them accountable for their actions. We need to lead by example. Our children watch our every move. Show the next generation the honorable way to live by living an honorable life.

In selecting men for office, let principle be your guide. Regard not the particular sect or denomination of the candidate -- look to his character. . . . When a citizen gives his suffrage to a man of known immorality he abuses his trust; he sacrifices not only his own interest, but that of his neighbor, he betrays the interest of his country.

[Noah Webster, Letters to a Young Gentleman Commencing His Education to which is subjoined a Brief History of the United States (New Haven: S. Converse, 1823), pp. 18, 19.]

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