Mission

The Sensible Majority is dedicated to the idea that we are all citizens, and a discussion of politics should be both a pleasure and a pre requisite of an informed citizenry. Politics is how we make policy in this country. It can be a banal, idiotic, and a frustrating process. However, when citizens become alienated from politics, they should not be surprised when the policies of their government do not reflect their values.

In the past decade there has been a concerted effort to demonize politics. It is now relegated to the list of subjects not to be raised in polite society. There was a time when a dinner party would be seen as an abysmal bore if it did not include a spirited but civil discussion of politics. The problem is that politics has devolved into a conflict between tribes as opposed to a discussion of ideas. As soon as you are labeled as coming from one tribe or another you are immediately marginalized. The discussion veers from one of ideas to one of membership and allegiance.

The Founding Fathers established a country whose government as defined by a Constitution would assemble an “aristocracy of talent”. This gathering would discuss ideas, debate and through a process of deliberation and compromise arrive at a course of action that would most benefit the country at large and citizens as a whole.

We have lost that art and find ourselves driven by warring factions who attempt to overpower each other. It is our belief that this does not reflect the values of the average citizen who prizes common sense and sensible ideas.

Therefore, it is time for civil political discussion that rejects political tribalism. It is time for
sensible ideas that create governance that helps citizens lead better lives. It is time to ignore the outrageous and extreme personalities whose greatest talent is to attract attention rather than create policy that benefits citizens. It is time for the Sensible Majority to Assert itself.

It is to that end that www.sensiblemajority.com has been created.

Welcome to the Sensible Majority.

A WORD FROM OUR FOUNDERS: GEORGE WASHINGTON

In June of 1783 the War of Independence had been decided. Cornwallis had surrendered at
Yorktown and George Washington found himself at the head of the Continental Army that had
served its purpose. For the very first time in recorded history a colonial province of a European
Power had thrown of the bonds of their colonial task masters.

Washington was acutely aware that in the aftermath of this struggle the colonies would have to
form a government that would justify the sacrifice of the last seven years of war. There was no
historical precedent and there was no time to lose. On June 8 of 1783 he wrote a Circular Letter
and Addressed it to the Governors of All the States. Delivered by June 21 st of 1783 it was an
attempt to use his prestige to impress on the governors of every state what must be done to
justify the sacrifice of the last seven years.It concludes with four principles that still resonate in todays fractured political landscape.

“The following is the list of four things which I humbly conceive are essential to the well-being, I
may even venture to say to the existence, of the United States as an independent Power.”

1. An indissoluble Union of the States under one federal Head.
2. A sacred regard to public Justice.
3. The adoption of a proper Peace Establishment.
4. The prevalence of that pacific and friendly disposition among the
people of the United.States, which will induce them to forget their local prejudices and policies, to make those mutualconcessions which are requisite to the general prosperity, and, in some instances, to sacrifice their individual advantages to the interest of the community.“