1. All historic buildings are created equal and endowed by their creators with the inalienable right to remain standing, be properly maintained, and not be sacrificed on a whim, be that the whim of an individual, a government, an institution, or a corporation.

2. Historic buildings should not be sacrificed in the name of "economic development," which is almost always a code word for "profit" or "power".

3. That "smart growth" which demolishes historic buildings and replaces them with inappropriately dense "infill" is not smart at all, and will eventually be discredited.

4. There is no connection whatsoever between building more density in urban cores (at the expense of historic buildings) and the paving of farmland—both are driven by the pursuit of profit and nothing else.

5. Ninety-nine percent of contemporary architecture [is substandard].

6. There is no bigger scam than vinyl window replacement.

7. "Not In My Back Yard" (NIMBY) really stands for:
Not Intimidated Much By Yelling.

8. Historic buildings are not to blame for whatever social ills may be associated with them. The building did not choose to become a drug house or to have irresponsible owners.

9. To paraphrase a Buddhist motto: No matter how numerous historic buildings are, we vow to save them all.