The premise of Idea of America is that our nation is unique in being founded on enlightenment values that proclaim the inherent equality of all human beings, that values the life and well-being of all human beings, that promotes education and cultivation of individual and civic responsibility as the means by which we as individuals can attain our happiness, and that the source of our unity as a nation is our embracement of these values.
Dr. John Oliver Wilson
Founder and Director