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American Ascent

The War on the American Way of Life

The American way of life is under attack. An organized force led by corrupt elites have plunged our nation into the throes of a cold civil war. While their footsoldiers sack our communities wearing masks and waving foreign flags, these elites—embedded in institutions of education, media, big business, and technology—see injustice in America’s very existence and regard the American birthright as the spoils. But our birthright is not theirs to squander.

Our Inheritance

The American way of life was built long before we were born—and entrusted to us to preserve.

“Let us do our Duty and defend the fair Inheritance which our Fathers have left us.”

Samuel Adams, letter to James Warren, December 25, 1776

Our Fight

Our inheritance does not belong to the elites who wish to destroy it. Everything good in America’s history, everything that continues to make our country great today, and every chance we have to secure an even greater future, flows from the American way of life. Therefore, we believe that American statesmen owe it the utmost allegiance, over party, over personality, and over any other private interest. Our fight, then, is to defeat the forces arrayed against it.

Our Task

Build a cadre of patriotic statesmen committed to preserving the American way of life.

We believe many of these future statesmen already exist. Our task is to scout out the path, equip them for the journey, and elevate their achievements. We will unite these future statesmen, marshal them, give them a common purpose, and equip them with the messaging, relationships, and virtues they need to turn the temporary victories of the last decade into a permanent achievement for the next century.

A square silk flag: a mailed arm rising from clouds and gripping a sword, inside a ribbon lettered Vince aut Morire.

Our Ascent

In the decades before the Revolution, a great awakening swept through the colonies, and the young men it stirred grew into the generation that won our independence. On April 19, 1775, some of those men, the minutemen of Bedford, marched to Concord under a flag bearing the words Vince aut Morire: Conquer or Die.

That is the same spirit we ask of our statesmen now. Not hatred of our fellow citizens, not a rage that burns hot and burns out, but the settled resolve of men who know what they are fighting for and will never surrender until we have ended American decline and begun American ascent.

Begin your ascent today

The Fellowship for American Ascent