Liberty Principles

There are five principles that guide our work and ground our research.

Texas Policy Research exists to promote good governance through the lens of liberty — a word that means different things to different people. For us, liberty is not a slogan. It’s a framework.

Every policy we analyze and every vote we recommend is evaluated against five core principles that define our approach to public policy in Texas. These principles are timeless, constitutional, and deeply rooted in the American and Texan traditions of self-government.

We invite you to explore what each principle means, not in theory, but in practice, and why it matters for the future of our state.

These principles aren’t just abstract values — they form the evaluative framework we use when analyzing legislation, publishing research, and offering vote recommendations. Whether a bill concerns school finance, land use, energy, or criminal justice, our guiding question is always:

By staying grounded in these five pillars, we aim to offer research that is principled, practical, and useful, no matter who’s in power.