What are Core Democratic Values

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• What are Core Democratic Values?

Democratic values are the basis for ALL of the
LAWS of our country.
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The Public or Common Good

• Provide for safety and security
• Promote the general welfare

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Common GoodGeorge Washington 1790

• To be prepared for war is one of the most
  effectual means of preserving peace.

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General WelfareAthenian Oath (450 B.C.)

• We will work to increase the publics sense of
  duty to our City. In all ways, we will leave
  this city for the next generation not only not
  less, but greater and more beautiful than it was
  given to us.

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Common GoodCalvin Coolidge 1919

• There is no right to strike against the public
  safety by anybody, anywhere, anytime.

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Individual Rights

• Life
• Liberty
• Pursuit of happiness
• Freedom of press, assembly, religion, speech and
  privacy.

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Pursuit of Happiness, Common GoodHorace Greeley
1850s

• Go West young man and grow up with the country.

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The Pursuit of HappinessMarilyn Monroe

• Diamonds
• are
• a girls
• best friend!

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Life, Liberty, Happiness John Milton 1649

• No man who know aught, can be so stupid to deny
  that all men naturally were born free.

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-Freedom of SpeechVoltaire

• I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend
  to the death your right to say it?

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Justice

• Due process
• Protection against unreasonable search and
  seizure
• Rule of law
• Right to a speedy public trial by a jury

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Rule of lawAristotle

• Law is order, and good laws make for good order.

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JusticeEnglish Common Law

• A man is innocent until proven guilty

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Equality

• Equal protection of the law
• Social equality
• Right to vote and seek office
• Equal employment opportunity
• Equal housing opportunity

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Equal opportunityJoseph (Hinmaton- Yalaktit)

• The earth is the mother of all people, and all
  people should have equal rights upon it.

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EqualityMartin Luther King 1963

• I have a dream that one day this nation will
  rise up, live out the true meaning of its creed
  we hold these truths to be self evident, that all
  men are created equal.

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-Freedom to petition the government Margaret Mead

• Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful,
  committed citizens can change the world. Indeed
  it is the only thing that ever has.

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Diversity

• Rights of individuals
• Respecting differences

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Diversity William Cowper 1785

• Varietys the very spice of life that gives it
  all its flavor.

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Diversity-Jesse Jackson

• America is like a quilt made of many patches,
  many pieces, many colors, many sizes, all woven
  and held together by a common thread.

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Truth

• Honesty
• Integrity
• Sincerity

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TruthNiki Giovanni

• If now isnt a good time for the truth, I dont
  see when well get to it.

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Open and free inquiryMarie Curie

• Be less curious about people and more curious
  about ideas.

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Patriotism

• Loyalty to the values and principles of American
  democracy found in documents such as the Pledge
  of Allegiance, songs, Bill of Rights, etc.

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PatriotismWorld War One Recruiting Poster

• Your
• Country Needs
• You!

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PatriotismNathan Hale 1776

• I only regret that I have
• only one life
• to lose for my country.

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PatriotismDaniel Webster 1850

• I was born an American.
• I will live an
• American.
• I shall die an American.

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Patriotism-John F. Kennedy

• Ask not what your country can do for you, ask
  what you can do for your country.

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Popular sovereignty

• Consent of the government
• Independence
• Majorities have right to make political decisions

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Popular SovereigntyEugene Debs 1918

• When the great changes occur in history, when
  great principles are involved, as a rule the
  majority are wrong.

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Popular SovereigntyAbraham Lincoln

• No man is good enough to govern another without
  that others consent.

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Constitutional Government

• Checks and balances
• Separation of powers
• Federalism

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Representative GovernmentGeorge Washington

• Government is not reason, it is not eloquence,
  it is force. Like fire,
• it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.

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FederalismAndrew Jackson

• Our Federal Union
• it
• must
• be preserved!

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Where do these CDVs come from?
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CDVs are ideas and values that were formed from
important documents, speeches, and other sources
that our leaders feel are important to preserving
our way of life.
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"That on the 1st day of January, A.D. 1863, all
persons held as slaves within any State or
designated part of a State the people whereof
shall then be in rebellion against the United
States shall be then, thenceforward, and forever
free and the executive government of the United
States, including the military and naval
authority thereof, will recognize and maintain
the freedom of such persons and will do no act or
acts to repress such persons, or any of them, in
any efforts they may make for their actual
freedom.
EMANCIPATION PROCLIMATION President Lincoln
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We the People of the United States, in Order to
form a more perfect Union, establish Justice,
insure domestic Tranquillity, provide for the
common defence, promote the general Welfare, and
secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and
our Posterity, do ordain and establish this
Constitution for the United States of America.
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES Founding
Fathers