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 71:2.5
1.
Freedom of the person.
Slavery, serfdom, and all
forms of human bondage must disappear.
71:2.6
2.
Freedom of the mind.
Unless a free people are
educated -- taught to think intelligently and plan wisely --
freedom usually does more harm than good.
71:2.7
3.
The reign of law.
Liberty can be enjoyed
only when the will and whims of human rulers are replaced by
legislative enactments in accordance with accepted fundamental
law.
71:2.8
4.
Freedom of
speech. Representative
government is unthinkable without freedom of all forms of
expression for human aspirations and opinions.
71:2.9
5.
Security of property.
No government can long
endure if it fails to provide for the right to enjoy personal
property in some form. Man craves the right to use, control,
bestow, sell, lease, and bequeath his personal property.
71:2.10
6.
The right of petition.
Representative government
assumes THE RIGHT OF CITIZENS TO BE HEARD. The privilege
of petition is inherent in FREE CITIZENSHIP.
71:2.11
7.
The right to rule.
It is not enough to be
heard; THE POWER OF PETITION must progress to THE ACTUAL
MANAGEMENT OF THE GOVERNMENT.
71:2.12
8.
Universal suffrage.
Representative government
presupposes an intelligent, efficient, and universal electorate.
The character of such a government will ever be determined by
the character and caliber of those who compose it. As
civilization progresses, suffrage, while remaining universal for
both sexes, will be effectively modified, regrouped, and
otherwise differentiated.
71:2.13
9.
Control of public servants.
No civil government will be serviceable and effective unless the
citizenry possess and use wise techniques of
guiding and controlling
officeholders and
public servants.
71:2.14
10.
Intelligent and trained
representation.
The survival of democracy
is dependent on successful representative government; and that
is conditioned upon the practice of electing to public offices
only those individuals who are technically trained,
intellectually competent, socially loyal, and morally fit. Only
by such provisions can government of the people, by the people,
and for the people be preserved.
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