National Principles
of the
Independent American Party
(Revised by National Committee on 17 July 1999)
1. We believe that to maintain freedom, our political institutions must be founded upon
faith in God and moral laws as declared in the Declaration of Independence, the
Constitution for the United States and the Bill of Rights.
2. We believe that God has endowed men with certain unalienable rights as set forth in
the Declaration of Independence and that no citizen, group of citizens or government may
limit or destroy these rights. The function of government is to protect life, liberty, and
property; anything more than this is usurpation and oppression.
3. We believe that the Constitution for the United States was prepared and adopted by
men under inspiration from Almighty God; that it is a solemn compact created by the people
of the states of this nation, which all officers of government are duty-bound to obey;
that the separation of the Legislative, Executive and Judicial branches must remain well
defined.
4. We believe the proper functions of government include the duty to:
Punish crime and provide for the administration of justice;
Protect the right and control of private property;
Wage defensive war and provide for the nation’s defense.
5. We affirm that the Constitution denies government the power to take from the
individual either his life, liberty, or his property except by due process of law in
accordance with moral law; that the same moral law which governs the actions of men when
acting alone is also applicable when they act in concert with others.
6. We are hereby resolved that under no circumstances shall the freedoms guaranteed by
the Bill of Rights be infringed. We are opposed to any attempt to deny the people of their
right to bear arms, to practice their religion, to worship and pray to God as they choose,
and to own and control private property.
7. We are unalterably opposed to and regard it as an unconstitutional usurpation of
power for government to own or control the means of producing and distributing goods and
services in competition with private enterprise.
8. Article I Section 8 of the Constitution for the United States grants Congress the
power: "To coin money, regulate the value thereof, ....", and that
this power to coin money
has been illegally transferred to the Federal Reserve System which has established a money
system based on debt and bondage. We call for the abolishment of the unconstitutional
Federal Reserve System and a restoration of a debt-free money system in accordance with
the Constitution for the United States.
9. We believe that each state is sovereign in performing those functions reserved to it
by the U.S. Constitution and it is a usurpation of power for the Federal Government to
regulate or control the states in performing their functions.
10. We consider it a violation of the Constitution for the Federal Government to levy
taxes for the support of state or local government; that no state or local government can
accept funds from the Federal Government and remain independent in performing its
functions, nor can the citizens exercise their rights of self-government under such
conditions.
11. We deem it a violation of the right of private property guaranteed under the
Constitution for the Federal Government to forcibly deprive the citizens of this nation of
their property through taxation or otherwise, and make a gift thereof to foreign
governments or to their citizens.
12. We declare that all treaties or agreements with other countries must not deprive
our citizens of rights guaranteed them by the Constitution. We further declare that it is
treason to use such instruments to aid or comfort an enemy.
13. We consider it treason for the Federal Government to dismantle or weaken our
military establishment below that point required for the protection of the states against
invasion, or to surrender or commit our men, arms, and money to the control of foreign or
world organizations or governments; or to allow foreign military bases on American land.
