An American Minute befitting the hour:
On this day, August 17, 1955, President Dwight Eisenhower authorized the code of conduct for American soldiers captured in war. Revealing the high level of commitment made by those in the armed services, the code states:I serve in the forces which guard my country and our way of life. I am prepared to give my life in their defense...If captured...I will accept neither parole nor special favors from the enemy...I will never forget I am an American fighting man, esponsible for my actions and dedicated to the principles which made my country free. I will trust in my God and in the United States of America.
In the democratic division of labor there are occupations imposing the unique danger and risk of guardianship, work entrusted to those best suited, whose remuneration shall be neither privilege nor stature but honor and reverence accorded them by a faithful common good.
MEANING: The accepted definition of "common good" is "the good of a community." My use of the term is a specification of it, a personification: Citizens who, in liberty, are lawful, honorable and charitable of their own volition.