Show GOOD CITIZEN Democratic Government Based On Individual Dignity i I. I 10 from flood published by American concerning the rights and of n of leaden In the f labor and the f wa early In 1947 to the rising tide ef and cynicism toward the privileges and responsibilities of American It Is a educational It la not to any or principles those or principles are hostile to the dignity and freedom of YOU call it democracy WHETHER or a whether you judge its benefits by the car in your garage or by freedom to worship at the church g. of your 9 by the food on your table or by your freedom to speak out in pub- lie without you are living W JIM under a system of government If based on the dig- and freedom kim of the that derives its powers from the bottom up rather than from the top Clearly we must work at to make democracy work we must work for the freedom that works for What are your rights as an American 00 FREEDOM of worship according to your FREEDOM of speech and freedom of the including right to criticize the government and public S. RIGHT of the people to assemble peaceably and to petition the for c redress of grievances fancied or THE RIGHT to keep and bear means that the people as a whole shall have the right to keep and bear arms for the defense of their Their right to carry certain types of weapons for personal or to have them in their is frequently limited by various and local such as the Sullivan act in New York PROTECTION of the people against unreasonable search and seizure of person and property by the government without proper authority and good NO PERSON shall be held to answer for any major crime without review and Indictment by a grand NO PERSON shall be placed in jeopardy prosecuted or twice for the same NO PERSON shall be compelled to act as a witness against himself in any criminal IF A PERSON is accused of a he the right to a speedy the right to the help of a the right to trial by a impartially the right to call witnesses in his NO WIFE may be required to testify against her husband vice in any criminal NO PRIVATE property may be taken for public use without just compensation and due process of EXCESSIVE bail shall not be nor excessive fines nor cruel and unusual punishments A PERSON is presumed to be innocent until proven THE RIGHT to for anyone you constitution protects you against abridgement of this The specific is granted by the various FREEDOM of under the protection of habeas which gives any person who claims to be unlawfully held by an officer or private person the right to have a hearing at once so that he may know the reason why he is being means that the government of the United States cannot or openly for that arrest persons as individuals or throw them into prison or concentration hold them there Indefinitely and do what it pleases to NO POST law can be means that in our daily living and thinking we can enjoy the liberty of doing and saying all that the existing law Even at a later our government makes these things it cannot the law to make illegal anything that was done before the law was This article la the Introduction of the booklet by The American Heritage sponsors of the freedom A complete book may be obtained by sending 85 cents to The American Heritage 17 last New N. T. |