Title: 
Headings: 
CORE
 
VALUES
 
OF
 
AMERICAN
 
CONSTITUTIONAL
 
DEMOCRACY
 

FUNDAMENTAL
 
BELIEFS
 

CONSTITUTIONAL
 
PRINCIPLES
 


Content: CORE
 
VALUES
 
OF
 
AMERICAN
 
CONSTITUTIONAL
 
DEMOCRACY
 
Core
 
democratic
 
values
 
are
 
the
 
fundamental
 
beliefs
 
and
 
constitutional
 
principles
 
of
 
American
 
society,
 
which
 
unite
 
all
 
Americans. These
 
values
 
are
 
expressed
 
in
 
the
 
Declaration
 
of
 
Independence,
 
the
 
United
 
States
 
constitution
 
and
 
other
 
significant
 
documents,
 
speeches,
 
and
 
writing
 
of
 
the
 
nation. Below
 
are
 
definitions
 
of
 
some
 
core
 
democratic
 
values. FUNDAMENTAL
 
BELIEFS
 
LIFE: The
 
individual's
 
right
 
to
 
life
 
should
 
be
 
considered
 
inviolable
 
except
 
in
 
certain
 
highly
 
restricted
 
and
 
extreme
 
circumstances,
 
such
 
as
 
the
 
use
 
of
 
deadly
 
force
 
to
 
protect
 
one's
 
own
 
or
 
others'
 
lives. LIBERTY: The
 
right
 
to
 
liberty
 
is
 
considered
 
an
 
unalterable
 
aspect
 
of
 
the
 
human
 
condition. Central
 
to
 
this
 
idea
 
of
 
liberty
 
is
 
the
 
understanding
 
that
 
the
 
political
 
or
 
personal
 
obligations
 
of
 
parents
 
or
 
ancestors
 
cannot
 
be
 
legitimately
 
forced
 
on
 
people. The
 
right
 
to
 
liberty
 
includes
 
personal
 
freedom: the
 
private
 
realm
 
in
 
which
 
the
 
individual
 
is
 
free
 
to
 
act,
 
to
 
think
 
and
 
to
 
believe,
 
and
 
which
 
the
 
government
 
cannot
 
legitimately
 
invade;