195:10.7No
social system or political regime which denies the reality of God
can contribute in any constructive and lasting manner to the
advancement of human civilization.
These are the 10 Essentials for the establishment of a True
Representative Government. If these ten essentials are written
into constitutional law and followed it does not matter what form
the Legislative Executive and Judicial branches of that
Government take as the will of the People will be heard and
followed in all divisions of social and economic policy.
Especially is this true of a single Sovereign United World
Government of the People created by the People and for the People
to be governed by a Universal Declaration of Human Rights that rules
over all human aspirations and is formed out of the will of all
Nations.
From the Teachings of Epochal
Revelation of GOD to this Day and Generation!
Presented by Paul & Monica Kemp
THE
RIGHT OF PETITION - THE RIGHT TO RULE - REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT
71:2.3The measure of the advance of
society is directly determined by the degree to which public opinion
can control personal behavior and state regulation through nonviolent
expression. The really civilized government had arrived when public
opinion was clothed with the powers of personal franchise. Popular
elections may not always decide things rightly, but they represent the
right way even to do a wrong thing. Evolution does not at once produce
superlative perfection but rather comparative and advancing practical
adjustment.
Sign aPetition
71:2.4There are ten steps, or
stages, to the evolution of a practical and efficient form of
representative government, and these are:
71:2.5
1.
Freedom of the person.
Slavery, serfdom, and all
forms of human bondage must disappear.
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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.
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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.
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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.
71:2.117.
The right to rule.
It is not enough to be
heard; THE POWER OF PETITION must progress to THE ACTUAL
MANAGEMENT OF THE GOVERNMENT.
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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.
71:2.139.
Control of public servants.
No civil government will be serviceable and effective unless the
citizenry possess and use wise techniques of
guiding and controllingofficeholders and
public servants.
71:2.1410.
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.
