Dear Friends,

We are continuing our series celebrating the International Day of Peace 2018 on the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights and The United States Constitution. We will continue to publish the series on the 21st of each month so that we may cover all 30 Articles of the U.N. Declaration of Human Rights. We look forward to your feedback on the series. 

May you have a blessed and peaceful holiday season!!

Amendment I

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

 

"If a nation expects to be ignorant & free, in a state of civilisation, it expects what never was & never will be. The functionaries of every government have propensities to command at will the liberty & property of their constituents. There is no safe deposit for these but with the people themselves; nor can they be safe with them without information. Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe." 

Thomas Jefferson, 

The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, 

Retirement Series, 

Volume 9: 1 September 1815 to 

30 April 1816

"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, 

you have chosen the side of the oppressor. 

If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse, 

and you say that you are neutral, 

the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality." 

Desmond Tutu

"The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of
one man are threatened." John F Kennedy  

We encourage you to meet with friends, host a group meeting in your home or individually reflect on these International Day of Peace reflections. To print out the Reflection, click on the button below.