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In short, citizenship-- to growing children--comes to mean
pretty much what the community shows it means. If a community
deprives its minority groups and its economically handicapped of
equal educational opportunities, or civil liberties, or normal
social development--then that community is setting the stage for
bad, irresponsible citizenship. If a locality and a State and
the Nation each fail, in their turn, to take the steps, legislative
and otherwise, necessary to correct economic and social injustice--
then our young citizens cannot be expected to act with maturity
and 'resourcefulness.
The real stuff of America's greatness lies in the spiritual
qualities found in the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of
Rights, the Gettysburg Address, and the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights. Those historic documents attest to the basic
democratic belief that we are our brother's keeper; that we cannot
be unconcerned about the economic and social status of our neighbor;
that justice and individual dignity are the things that count; that
every person must have an opportunity to develop his talents to the
fullest.
These principles must be our guideposts as we explore the
meaning of citizenship in our society. By incorporating them into
our everyday lives--ir the home, in our schools, and in the
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