The Declaration of Interdependence
The Founding Document of the Purple Revolution
Published on July 4, 2026
We are heirs of the boldest experiment in human history, a nation founded on the idea that ordinary
people, reasoning together, can govern themselves. For 250 years that idea has outlasted war,
depression, and doubt, because every generation courageously renewed it. Now it is our turn.
WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT
That all people are created equal, and endowed not only with rights but with responsibilities.
That America today is the result of a powerful mixture: of brave immigrants from around the
world who risked everything to come to this land of opportunity; of the proud descendants of
enslaved Africans, whose hands helped build this nation and whose courage has helped perfect
it; and of the extraordinary native peoples whose continued presence imbues America with
sacred ties to this special land we all call home.
That we Americans all depend upon one another, not by choice but by fact, and that our only
choice is whether to face that fact wisely or foolishly.
GRATEFUL FOR RED, WHITE, AND BLUE
We declare our gratitude to the whole American family.
To those called red: thank you for guarding our liberty, honoring faith and family and flag, prizing
hard work and self-reliance, and reminding us that what our parents built is worth keeping. While
those values and contributions are not yours alone, your emphasis on them is part of what makes
America great.
To those called blue: thank you for widening the circle of care, demanding fairness, defending the
overlooked, and reminding us that what our founders promised is not finished until it reaches
everyone. While those values and contributions are not yours alone, your emphasis on them is also
part of what makes America great.
And to the many who wear neither red nor blue, the independents and the members of America’s
other parties, together now the largest of the three: in the flag we all salute, you are the white, the
color of the stars themselves. Thank you for keeping your own counsel or charting your own course,
weighing leaders by their deeds rather than their jerseys, and reminding us that parties exist to serve
the country, never the other way around. While those values and contributions are not yours alone,
your emphasis on them is another indispensable part of what makes America great.
Where red, white, and blue meet, purple emerges, erasing no color and honoring them all.
A SEAT AT THE TABLE
We were once called a melting pot, as if belonging required disappearing. For today’s America, we
choose a truer image. America is a Thanksgiving table. It is long enough for every family, sturdy
enough to support its bounty, and welcoming of the whole American family. Whoever you are,
wherever you come from, however you vote, and whatever you believe: there is a place set for you.
THE PURPLE PLEDGE
This Declaration asks no one to surrender their colors. We ask only that we carry them with
recognition that it is the Stars and Stripes together that have made America the most prosperous and
extraordinary country the world has ever known.
We therefore, the people of every party and of none, from every neighborhood in the land, never
forgetting the tragedy of our Civil War, that division of our Union is not an option, and that a house
divided cannot stand, appealing to our better judgment and to one another, do solemnly declare our
interdependence and bind ourselves to this Pledge:
We will do our part in moving our country forward in a spirit of cooperation.
We will listen carefully and respectfully to our fellow citizens.
We will take the time to patiently examine the facts.
We will seek to find common ground in our goals.
We will debate with civility and intellectual honesty.
We will not seek to win arguments by disparaging those who disagree with us.
We will strive for stable solutions that work for the many, not just one faction.
We dedicate ourselves to working together through our differences as a small
sacrifice to make for preserving and renewing this great American experiment.
OUR MUTUAL PROMISE
We mutually pledge our words, to be honest and kind even when it costs us; our habits, to practice on a
Tuesday what we profess on a holiday; and our hands, to the work itself. We pledge, in short, to Purple
Up — to choose, every day, the patient work of building over the easy habit of blame.
These things we declare and so pledge,
in the 250th year of American independence,
and the first of American interdependence.
Signed.
We The People
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