Pursue humanitarian reform through reason, conscience, and universal justice rather than prejudice or tradition.

Believe that citizenship requires responsibility as well as rights, and that all citizens should be treated as accountable moral agents.

Oppose tyranny, arbitrary power, and political violence, and insist that revolution must not betray its own principles of justice.

Support social reforms that protect vulnerable people, including the poor, the enslaved, and those denied legal protection.

Judge people by reason and merit, not by birth, rank, sex, or social convention.

Defend the freedom to express political and moral convictions, especially when those convictions challenge entrenched authority.