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Declaration: Call to Character
This petition was published by Call 2 Character Campaign on May 28, 2009
Therefore we hereby call for a national campaign to affirm core values that form the basis of personal and national character. Toward that end, we propose programs and activities that enable us to:
* Rekindle the energy and creativity that have shaped our nation, based on the best attributes of the American character: self-reliance, industry, responsibility, honesty, faith, courage, honor, and integrity.
* Balance our claims to individual rights with commitment to the virtue of living for the common good.
* Recognize that all people share a common spiritual heritage; that within the core of our being, we are the same. Because we are the same in essence, then cultural, racial or religious differences should never divide us.
* Relate with others - with all people - with integrity, honesty and compassion, in all ways doing unto others as we would have them do unto us.
* Treat others with respect always, while recognizing that a free society must allow the unfettered free reflection, evaluation and, if necessary, critique of any behavior.
* Promote strong and healthy families, because love, respect and essential values are taught and learned in the family. The traditional family, comprised of a father and a mother and their offspring, is the cornerstone of society and the first school of love.
* Strengthen the cohesion of our communities and nation through building consensus on shared values rooted in transcendent principles. Engaging such principles in the public debate, discourse and life of our nation is essential to our national well-being.
* Renew our vision and rededicate our efforts to build an America that lives up to its founding ideals, so that it might stand as "one nation under God." Then our nation can shine as a beacon of hope and an example that diverse peoples everywhere can live, serve and work together in harmony and peace.
Therefore, in agreement, I add my name below to the growing number of Americans who are calling for the renewal of the core values that sustain our unique national character.
Through the Call to Character Declaration, we communicate together the urgency of our common concern to community leaders and elected representatives across America and in Washington D.C. We speak with one voice that Americans everywhere are standing together, beyond party affiliation, race, or religion in the common interest of our nation whose founding ideals are now at risk.
* Rekindle the energy and creativity that have shaped our nation, based on the best attributes of the American character: self-reliance, industry, responsibility, honesty, faith, courage, honor, and integrity.
* Balance our claims to individual rights with commitment to the virtue of living for the common good.
* Recognize that all people share a common spiritual heritage; that within the core of our being, we are the same. Because we are the same in essence, then cultural, racial or religious differences should never divide us.
* Relate with others - with all people - with integrity, honesty and compassion, in all ways doing unto others as we would have them do unto us.
* Treat others with respect always, while recognizing that a free society must allow the unfettered free reflection, evaluation and, if necessary, critique of any behavior.
* Promote strong and healthy families, because love, respect and essential values are taught and learned in the family. The traditional family, comprised of a father and a mother and their offspring, is the cornerstone of society and the first school of love.
* Strengthen the cohesion of our communities and nation through building consensus on shared values rooted in transcendent principles. Engaging such principles in the public debate, discourse and life of our nation is essential to our national well-being.
* Renew our vision and rededicate our efforts to build an America that lives up to its founding ideals, so that it might stand as "one nation under God." Then our nation can shine as a beacon of hope and an example that diverse peoples everywhere can live, serve and work together in harmony and peace.
Therefore, in agreement, I add my name below to the growing number of Americans who are calling for the renewal of the core values that sustain our unique national character.
Through the Call to Character Declaration, we communicate together the urgency of our common concern to community leaders and elected representatives across America and in Washington D.C. We speak with one voice that Americans everywhere are standing together, beyond party affiliation, race, or religion in the common interest of our nation whose founding ideals are now at risk.
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