The Port Huron and Sharon Statements

The Port Huron and Sharon Statements

The Port Huron Statement (1962)

The Sharon Statement (1960)

Written by Tom Hayden and other members of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), an organization funded by the League for Industrial Democracy and a descendant of the Intercollegiate Socialist Society (1905).

Written by M. Stanton Evans and other members of Young American for Freedom (YAF), an organization supported by William F. Buckley, Jr., publisher of The National Review.

Concerned with the threats of racism, poverty, nuclear war, and apathy.

Concerned with the threat of communism and government encroachments on individual freedom and property.

Desire to find "democratic alternatives to the present" and fulfill the "conception of man attaining determining influence over his circumstances of life.".

Desire to find "affirm certain eternal truths"

Optimistic belief in the ability of men to "meet with increasing skill the complexities and responsibilities of their situation."

Optimistic belief in the market economy as "compatible with the requirements of personal freedom and constitutional government .. And the most productive supplier of human needs."

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