The future of popular government depends on us. Our turn has come to inhabit the frame built by our founders and take on the obligations of self-government.

It remains true that all men are created equal, that each of us has the capacity to order our lives and our souls, and that nature tells us something about nature’s God. We learn these precepts by studying the history of our nation—and the West—and repeating the truth claims made therein. We also learn them by investing in our communities, by building relationships with our neighbors and engaging with questions about the common good. 

When we do these things, we fortify liberty for our generation and the generations to come. In the process, we come to understand what it is to be a citizen, what it is to be an American, and, ultimately, what it is to be human.