Conservative principles align with history. The Founding Fathers accepted natural law and believed it was the only political philosophy that was capable of creating a free and just society. The evidence of their widespread acceptance of natural law is found in the following documents: The Declaration of Independence, The Constitution, and The Articles of Confederation. Evidence is also found in the Pledge of Allegiance. Every time these documents reference God it is in the context of establishing man’s rights and recognizes their belief in inherent rights. The Founding Fathers knew our rights must be inherent from a higher power, because they believed deeply that if men established rights, men can also take away rights; something they experienced first-hand and a driving force of the Revolutionary War. They believed that men were easily corrupted by power and that if rights were inherent no one, not man, not society, not government could ever strip people of their rights and freedom. Conservative principles recognize that rights are inherent (by the Creator). This belief held by the Founding Father’s is the foundation of the freedom we’ve long enjoyed.

Denouncing natural law and the achievements of the political philosophers throughout history is equivalent to denouncing Einstein’s greatest achievements. If we chose to ignore the achievements of these great philosophers, we are not progressing into something better, we are in fact moving backwards.

If we, as a nation, forget that our rights are inherent (from God), if we as a nation continue to denounce the greatest philosophical works of the past, the foundation of our legal system, the only consistent path to “right and wrong,” what will stop injustice from prevailing and what will stop us from losing freedom?

Conservative principles are not outdated, they are grounded in the only philosophy that produces  unchanging moral principles.

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