Taking its name from a centuries-old Anglo-American political philosophy, the Modern Whig Institute fosters American public life by cultivating the timeless and traditional Whig passion for the common good. We believe Americans are at our best, and can achieve the most, when we come together in a spirit of mutual respect, comity and cooperation. We embrace principled compromise. We are devoted to reasoned discourse and civilized debate. We also believe in the power of community and in the inherent value of our social, political and cultural institutions. We are dedicated to serving as an independent and unifying voice for all Americans of goodwill. And we are committed to shaping a brighter, more prosperous and more secure future for the generations to come. In that mission we are driven by our central animating conviction: The ideal government is a government of the People, by the People and for the People, energetically exercising its legitimate grant of authority from the People, and whose power is ultimately limited by the Constitution which created it. [The Modern Whig Institute is a 501(c)(3) civic research and education foundation dedicated to the fundamental American principles of representative government, ordered liberty, capitalism, due process and the rule of law.]