Core Democratic Values

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Core Democratic Values
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Common Good

• Citizens should work together for the good of
  all. The government should make laws that are
  good for everyone.

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Diversity

• Differences in languages, dress, food, where
  parents or grandparents were born, race and
  religion are not only allowed but accepted as
  important.

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Equality

• Everyone should get the same treatment regardless
  of where their parents or grandparents were born,
  race, religion or how much money you have,
  citizens all have political, social, and economic
  equality.

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Justice

• All people should be treated fairly in getting
  the advantages and disadvantages of our country.
  No group or person should be favored.

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Liberty

• Liberty includes the freedom to believe what you
  want, freedom to choose your own friends, and to
  have your own ideas and opinions to express your
  ideas in public, the right for people to meet in
  groups, the right to have any lawful job or
  business.

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Life

• Each citizen has the right to protection of their
  life.

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Patriotism

• A devotion to our country and the core democratic
  values in word and deed.

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Popular Sovereignty

• The power of the government comes from the people.

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Pursuit of Happiness

• Each citizen can find happiness in their own way,
  so long as they do not step on the right of
  others.

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Rule of Law

• Both the government and the people of the nation
  must obey all laws.

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Truth

• The government and citizens should not lie.

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