We hold this truth to be self-evident: that no earthly authority is sovereign over the conscience of the people, and no title, office, decree, or institution stands above natural, inalienable rights nor the eternal Law of God.
Governments are instituted to secure liberty, not to manufacture obedience; to preserve justice, not to enthrone power.
When authority departs from truth, the people's duty is not blind submission, but steadfast resistance grounded in fundamental principles.
Let no man mistake restraint for weakness, nor peace for surrender. We will stand upon the self-governing principles that made freedom possible: faith, liberty, justice, and the courage to resist unlawful power.
We seek neither dominion over others nor permission to govern ourselves.
We seek only to remain free and live in peace.