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Research, reports, and lectures from Wheatley Institute
"[The Constitution] must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties."
-Abraham Lincoln
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Opinion: What Justice Gorsuch Can Teach Us About the Most Important Feature of Government

March 03, 2026 02:08 PM
Thomas B. Griffith, a non-resident fellow at Wheatley Institute, co-authors a Deseret News opinion article on the characteristics of compromise and plurality found at the heart of the American legislative branch.
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Serpent in Eden: Foreign Meddling and Partisan Politics in James Madison's America

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Thursday, March 19
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Interpreting The Declaration’s Elusive Promise

February 05, 2026 01:53 PM
Bradley Rebeiro, fellow at Wheatley Institute, writes for Liberty Fund about the universal promises of the Declaration of Independence.
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Religion and the American Founding Conference

7:00 PM
Wednesday, March 11
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Amid Rising Hate, Governors Share Message of Faith and Hope

December 10, 2025 11:33 AM
“And too often, we think we can separate our Christianity or our religion from our politics, that I’m going to treat my enemies with love and respect, except if they’re a progressive.... I keep looking for that exception, I didn’t find Jesus saying that anywhere.”
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A model for how to approach disagreements on contentious issues with civility, respect

November 24, 2025 10:15 AM
"They took on one of the thorniest issues of the day from the heart of the culture wars and treated each other with dignity. They didn’t attack each other; they contended with each other’s ideas and only after working hard to understand those ideas."
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Mitt Romney: 2025 George W. Romney Lecture on Public Service

November 13, 2025 03:57 PM
"May we live in a way that’s in harmony with our core values, and by the values that we see in others who we admire."
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Citizens Must Uphold the Norms of American Democracy

October 23, 2025 02:37 PM
I am not legally bound to honor the holy spaces of others, to make room for their beliefs and practices, or to respond to their religious speech with peace, tolerance and respect. But the norm of religious freedom creates a powerful social force encouraging me to do so.
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Learning to Disagree in a Pluralistic Society

September 18, 2025 07:28 PM
I hope that these small steps for each of us individually, will move us forward to a different kind of politics, where we can live out our commitments across deep and genuine differences, and rediscover the common ground that makes so much of life possible, and sometimes even beautiful.
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