The South Carolina Republican Creed

I do not choose to be a common man. It is my right to be uncommon.​ If I can seek opportunity, not security, I want to take the calculated risk to dream and build, to fail and to succeed. I refuse to barter incentive for dole.​

I prefer the challenges of life to guaranteed security, the thrill of fulfillment to the stale calm of utopia.​

I will not trade freedom for beneficence, nor my dignity for a handout.​ I will never cower before any master, save my God.​

It is my heritage to stand erect, proud and unafraid. To think and act for myself, enjoy the benefit of my creations; to face the whole world boldly and say,

​“I am a free American.”