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Think about the ideals that gave
birth to America, and you know
what The Heritage Foundation is
all about. Free enterprise. Limited
government. Individual freedom.
Traditional American values.
Strong national defense.
We are a think tank—a
research and educational
institute—working to preserve
America’s heritage for the
next generation. After all, it
is these conservative principles
that made us the most free,
fair, prosperous and secure
nation on earth.
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our issues

Today, our security and even our very

freedom are challenged by people that
have no respect for American princi-
ples and the American way of life.
At The Heritage Foundation, we are
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dedicated in our pursuit of three goals:
• Defend our homeland and citizens in
ways that preserve the Constitution.
• Make taxes lower, simpler, and fairer
through fundamental reform, and ensure
that these funds are only expended on
essential government responsibilities.
• Enact individual tax credits that
make health insurance affordable
for uninsured Americans.
We must not flinch in this struggle
because the world our children and grand-
children will inherit depends on it. More
than 225 years ago, the Founding Fathers
conceived a nation based on liberty, and
today The Heritage Foundation fights to
fulfill their vision—a vision of America where
freedom, opportunity, prosperity and civil
society flourish. Heritage enters the fray
championing these principles, and everyday
we advance, inch by inch, by showing the light
to Congress, the President, the media and
the American people. In pursuit of our vision,
we believe the country must: 3
• Strengthen the U.S. Armed Forces
and defeat terrorism.
• Ensure America is protected from
a missile attack.
• Reduce the size and power of the
federal government.
• Reform and simplify the tax code.
• Privatize Social Security.
• Rebuild the American family.
• Reform the health care system
based on free-market competition
and consumer choice.
• Let parents choose where their
children go to school.
• Protect U.S. sovereignty from
international organizations.
workour work

How will Heritage realize

these goals? Heritage’s job is
simple—We make sure that
policymakers have the ideas and
research they need to turn conser-
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vative ideals into policy. Heritage
is there with the facts and figures,
the ideas and strategies, and the
experience and resources to make
the crucial difference. We get
the truth out every day in
newspaper articles and on
radio and television shows.
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others think
about us?
CONSERVATIVES—
“Heritage has been an advocate for free enterprise, traditional
values and the advance of liberty around the world. My
administration has benefited from your good work, and so
has our country.”
—President George W. Bush
“Heritage is the sworn enemy of over-regulation, over-
taxation, social engineering, health fascism, and environ-
mental hysteria. It is the friend of opportunity, incentives,
free trade, and effective rule of law, national sovereignty 5
and strong defense. And so say all of us!”
—Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
“The Heritage Foundation has been a source of wisdom
and support for my staff and me for years...The staff and
officers of The Heritage Foundation are first-rate, and I
personally appreciate all of their efforts.”
—Speaker of the House J. Dennis Hastert (R-IL)

LIBERALS—
“...they have a much better media machine than we do.
They worked on it from 30 years and they’ve got it. They’ve
got everything from The Heritage Foundation, the sympa-
thetic newspapers, to sympathetic cable programs...”
—Bill Clinton’s response when asked about what
conservatives have that liberals and Democrats
don’t have on the Today Show
“Heritage is central. Heritage is in the middle of everything.”
—Paul Krugman
Academic and New York Times Columnist

THE NEWS MEDIA—

“The most aggressive and disciplined of the
conservative idea factories.”
—The New York Times
“Heritage is as passionate about selling
conservative ideas as Coca-Cola is about
selling gaseous drinks.”
—The Economist
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America’s values for the next
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oday there is a struggle to defend
T freedom against those who would
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grandchildren will face as they get older.
We need to restore honesty and integrity
to government if we are going to preserve
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Heritage Foundation is all about.”

10 —Marge and Max Stanton

North Carolina

“As individuals, we can’t preach conser-

vatism in a meaningful fashion to a large
population. We support The Heritage
Foundation so it can spread the conserva-
tive message throughout the country.”

—Sylvia and Ellis Peak

Louisiana

“We are including The Heritage

Foundation in our wills because it is
one institution that we can count on to
carry on the fight for freedom and never,
ever surrender the principles that made
America the greatest nation on earth.”

—Renee and Earnest Campbell

Maryland
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to building an America
where freedom,
opportunity, prosperity
and civil society flourish.
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