For those who asked. These are the 10 tenets of Alpine Republicanism.
1. That sovereignty rests in the citizen, not in the state, under God who is the true sovereign of all.
2. That property, freely held and justly acquired, is the foundation of independence and stewardship.
3. That money must be sound, unmanipulated, and free from the hand of arbitrary power, honoring the commandment against false weights and measures.
4. That government must be small, frugal, and confined to the defense of liberty and law.
5. That decisions belong first to families, communes, and cantons, and only thereafter to distant authorities.
6. That peace is the natural condition of free peoples, and neutrality in foreign quarrels preserves both liberty and prosperity.
7. That the character, faith, and virtue of the citizen are the surest guardians of a republic.
8. That the customs, traditions, and Christian heritage of the Alpine lands strengthen freedom by binding generations together in faith and duty.
9. That the people retain the right of direct voice through assemblies and referenda, for no government may rightly silence its masters.
10. That stewardship of the land, the forests, and the waters is the duty of those who inherit them, to pass them on in freedom to those yet unborn.
Login to reply