GOALS FOR ALL PEOPLE

People everywhere have similar needs and aspirations. If we are ever to have a peaceful world, these need to be expressed, widely propagated and recognized throughout the world. In an attempt to create such a set of COALS, the following items were put together and after some review were included in the award winning book, THE FRIENDLY AMERICAN. This book was the result of a world-wide essay contest for our military and all government people for essays on WHAT I HAVE DONE TO MAKE FRIENDS FOR AMERICA. The GOALS were included in the book in 28 languages to make them available to others and to the highlight the need for a common language, to be taught in all countries, in addition to the native language. Then, by knowing just two languages, everyone could communicate with everyone else. The GOALS have been modified to include the environment.

• To stay alive, healthy, and vigorous that we may pursue life, liberty, and happiness and make life truly the great adventure it should be.

• To be honestly respected as an individual by other people.

• To love and be loved, to have a home and a family.

• To have a chance to work, and obtain a reasonable share of this world's goods and services enabling us and our families to eat, be sheltered, and enjoy the benefits of our accumulated heritage of knowledge and technical advancement.

• To enjoy a maximum of freedom for doing anything we wish, providing we do not injure others or interfere with their equal rights. Our concept of freedom includes freedom of speech, of the press, of religion, and freedom from dire want, fear and exploitation.

• To live in a world where the GOLDEN RULE is man's law of life and all people act with honesty and integrity; in a world of compassion, of consideration for others and a readiness to extend a helping hand; in a world with a profound love of justice, a bitter hatred of cruelty and unnecessary suffering.-

• To have an opportunity for education, to "know" and understand about life and the world we inhabit, and to develop fully our powers of mind and spirit.

• To be ruled by leaders elected by the majority of the people who will labor for our welfare, safety, happiness, and personal freedom.

• To have all nations control their population growth, and work to insure that their citizens will guard and protect our planet earth's environment, our land, forests, rivers, seas and air, so that their children and others who follow can still enjoy the wonders of our planet home.

• To provide all children and youth PRE-PARENT education to insure that every baby is a wanted baby, hopefully born to a father and mother with a stable relationship, who can provide the loving care and guidance needed for a healthy, well-adjusted citizen, who will guard and protect these goals for their own children and posterity.

• To achieve a world at peace, a world without war or threat of war, in which all nations and their peoples can live in mutual cooperation, helpfulness, and understanding.

• But always with a peaceful world, we seek a nation that is never wanting for:

A. Brave citizens, as our Paul Revere, ready to "ride through the night" to raise the alarm of attack from without or treachery and corruption from within;

B. Leaders such as our Thomas Jefferson -- third President of the United States -- who had a burning love for truth and declared, "I have sworn hostility against every from of tyranny over the mind of man";

C. Or heroes like our Patrick Henry who, with his immortal cry, "Give me liberty or give me death," will never let us forget the hard battles fought for the freedom we enjoy -- and that we too must be ready to fight for them if need be.