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January:
(Vol. 2, No. 1) |
Leadership Criterion 3:
Leaders are dedicated to solve the problems of the planet
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February:
(Vol. 2, No. 2)
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Leadership
Criterion 4: Leaders create cooperation and hope.
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March:
(Vol. 2, No. 3) |
Avoiding
Dictatorship in a Free Society Part 1 |
April:
(Vol. 2, No. 4) |
Avoiding
Dictatorship in a Free Society Part 2 |
May:
(Vol. 2, No. 5) |
Art
and Politics |
June:
(Vol. 2, No. 6) |
Living
the Good Life |
July:
(Vol. 2, No. 7) |
Core
Values |
August:
(Vol. 2, No. 8) |
The
Tour de France A
Sporting Model for Diplomacy |
September
(Vol. 2, No. 9) |
Teaching
Teens Part I |
October
(Vol. 2, No. 10) |
Teaching
Teens Part II |
November
(Vol. 2, No. 11) |
Moving
Forward |
December
(Vol. 2, No. 12) |
Worls
Peace in Less Than a Month? |
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THE
FOUR FREEDOMS
Excerpt
of the State of the Union Address delivered by Franklin Delano Roosevelt,
on January 6, 1941
Mr. Speaker, members of the 77th Congress :
....Certainly this is no time for any of us to stop thinking about the
social and economic problems which are the root cause of the social
revolution which is today a supreme factor in the world. For there is
nothing mysterious about the foundations of a healthy and strong democracy.
The basic things expected by our people of their political and economic
systems are simple. They are :
Equality of opportunity for youth and for others.
Jobs for those who can work.
Security for those who need it.
The ending of special privilege for the few.
The preservation of civil liberties for all.
The enjoyment of the fruits of scientific progress in a wider
and constantly rising standard of living.
These are the simple, the basic things that must never be lost sight
of in the turmoil and unbelievable complexity of our modern world. The
inner and abiding strength of our economic and political systems is
dependent upon the degree to which they fulfill these expectations.
In
the future days which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world
founded upon four essential human freedoms.
The first is freedom of speech and expression everywhere in
the world.
The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way
everywhere in the world.
The third is freedom from want, which, translated into world terms,
means economic understandings which will secure to every nation a healthy
peacetime life for its inhabitants everywhere in the world.
The fourth is freedom from fear, which, translated into world terms,
means a world-wide reduction of armaments to such a point and in such
a thorough fashion that no nation will be in a position to commit an
act of physical aggression against any neighbor anywhere in the
world.
That is no vision of a distant millennium. It is a definite basis for
a kind of world attainable in our own time and generation. The world
order which we seek is the cooperation of free countries, working together
in a friendly, civilized society.
Excerpt from the Congressional Record, 1941, Vol. 87,
Pt. I.
Archives
2004
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January:
(Vol. 3, No. 1)
The Four Freedoms |
February:
(Vol. 3, No. 2)
Global Consciousness I |
March:
(Vol. 3, No. 3)
Global Consciousness II |
April:
(Vol. 3, No. 4)
Global Consciousness III |
May:
(Vol. 3, No. 5)
Global Consciousness IV |
June:
(Vol. 3, No. 6)
Global Consciousness V |
July:
(Vol. 3, No. 7)
Global Consciousness VI |
August:
(Vol. 3, No. 8)
Global Consciousness VII |
September:
(Vol. 3, No. 9)
Is "Liberal" a Dirty Word? |
October:
(Vol. 3, No. 10)
Bullies in Our Political Culture |
November:
(Vol. 3, No. 11)
Can Idealism Solve Problems? |
December:
(Vol. 3, No. 12) Peace on Earth, Goodwill |
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