The Stephen Austin Society
A society devoted to the cultivation
of rhetoric, reason, and civic virtue
Founded at the University of Texas at Austin, the Society convenes to engage in rigorous discourse on matters of enduring significance. We hold that the examined life demands both the courage to speak and the wisdom to listen.
"The cause of liberty is the cause of philanthropy, of religion, of mankind;
for in its train follow freedom of conscience, pure morality, and the arts."