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.
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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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