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WE BELIEVE in the ideals that define America: liberty, equality, and justice.

WE BELIEVE the idea of America is ennobled, and the future of America is
strengthened, when Americans come together to serve their country.

WE BELIEVE there is no challenge that cannot be met with the energy,
creativity, and determination of the American people.

WE BELIEVE all individuals can make a difference and anyone can be
great because anyone can serve.

TO LIVE in America is both a blessing and a responsibility, and service to community and country is at the heart of true patriotism. Ever since our Founders pledged their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor to each other and the cause of independence, each generation of Americans has stepped forward to serve in the defense of our freedom and ideals.

TO HONOR the sacrifices of those who have gone before us, and to bequeath a stronger and more just nation to future generations, we too stand ready to unite and serve. We pledge to challenge cynicism, and to serve over our lifetimes to secure a brighter future for all.

WE ARE READY TO SERVE

WE CALL on each other and leaders from all sectors of American life, private, public, and non-profit, to work together to create ample opportunities for citizens to serve their communities, their country, and the world.

WE ENCOURAGE all communities to build upon the strength of our nation’s
diversity of ideas, experience, and perspectives as we unite to serve.

WE ARE READY to meet the challenges of our time. We are ready to do our part
in America’s timeless quest for a more perfect union, and I am ready to begin now by adding my name to this Declaration.

They believe in liberty but they are willing to tax people who may not agree with their positions in order to do what they believe is right?

They believe in liberty but several members of the Service Nation Coalition outright support mandatory national service. Nothing more than a non-military draft.

They believe in liberty but the founding documents were written in fear of the State and yet they practically worship the State and call to serve it.

They imply that greatness is derived messured or derived from one’s service to the Leviathan, again the very thing the founding documents considered little more than a necessary evil.

They claim that living in America (which should read the United States) is a responsibility. According to the founding documents you have few supposed responsibilities. Liberty is the lack of coerced obligation or responsibility and therefore through taxation and the possiblity of mandatory service they are advocating the opposite of liberty.

They claim that “each generation of Americans has stepped forward to serve in the defense of our freedom and ideals.” How is it that invading nations, without a declaration of war, which were in no way a threat to the subjects of the United States, is a defense of our freedom and ideals? Almost all military adventures since WWII have been engaged in in ways which are the antithesis of freedom and the founding ideals.

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