Ibelieveinthesupremeworthoftheindividualandhisrighttolife,liberty,andpursuitofhappiness.Ibelievethateveryrightimpliesaresponsibility;everyopportunity,anobligation,everypossession,aduty.Ibelievethatthelawwasmadeformanandnotmanforthelaw;thatgovernmentistheservantofthepeopleandnottheirmaster.
Ibelieveinthedignityoflaborwhetherwithheadorhand;thattheworldowesnomanalivingbutthatitoweseverymananopportunitytomakealiving.Ibelievethatthriftisessentialtowell-orderedlivingandthateconomyisaprimerequisiteofasoundfinancialstructure,whetheringovernment,businessorpersonalaffairs.Ibelievethattruthandjusticearefundamentaltoanenduringsocialorder.
Ibelieveinthesacrednessofapromise,thataman’swordshouldbeasgoodashisbond;thatcharacter—notwealthorpowerorposition—isofsupremeworth.Ibelievetherenderingofusefulserviceisthecommondutyofmankindandthatonlyinthepurifyingfireofsacrificeisthedrossofselfishnessconsumedandthegreatnessofthehumansoulsetfree.
Ibelieveintheall-wiseandall-lovingGod,namedbywhatevername;andthatindividual’shighestfulfillment,greatesthappinessandwidestusefulnessaretobefoundinlivinginharmonywithhiswill.Ibelievethatloveisthegreatestthingintheworld;thatitalonecanovercomehate;thatrightcanandwilltriumphovermight.