PRINTER'S NO. 2479
No. 185 Session of 1990
INTRODUCED BY WENGER, LEWIS, BAKER, HOLL, SCANLON, JUBELIRER,
BRIGHTBILL, O'PAKE, PECORA, STAPLETON, CORMAN, HOPPER,
REIBMAN, SALVATORE, HELFRICK AND WILT, SEPTEMBER 24, 1990
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, SEPTEMBER 24, 1990
A RESOLUTION
1 Acknowledging and supporting acceptance of the Bill of
2 Responsibilities developed by the Freedoms Foundation at
3 Valley Forge.
4 WHEREAS, The Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the
5 United States Constitution, was adopted on December 15, 1791;
6 and
7 WHEREAS, The Bill of Rights guarantees various individual
8 rights and imposes limitations on government; and
9 WHEREAS, Rights and responsibilities in a free society are
10 inextricably bound; and
11 WHEREAS, It is essential for our National well-being that
12 citizens accept responsibilities; and
13 WHEREAS, The Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge has
14 developed a Bill of Responsibilities to assist citizens in
15 better understanding the critical and essential balance between
16 rights and responsibilities; and
17 WHEREAS, Acceptance of the following responsibilities,
18 constituting the Bill of Responsibilities, is vital to
1 maintenance of a free society:
2 (1) To be fully responsible for our own actions and for
3 the consequences of those actions.
4 (2) To respect the rights and beliefs of others.
5 (3) To give sympathy, understanding and help to others.
6 (4) To do our best to meet our own and our families'
7 needs.
8 (5) To respect and obey the laws.
9 (6) To respect the property of others, both private and
10 public.
11 (7) To share with others our appreciation of the
12 benefits and obligations of freedom.
13 (8) To participate constructively in the Nation's
14 political life.
15 (9) To help freedom survive by assuming personal
16 responsibility for its defense.
17 (10) To respect the rights and to meet the
18 responsibilities on which our liberty rests and our democracy
19 depends; therefore be it
20 RESOLVED, That the Senate of Pennsylvania acknowledge and
21 support acceptance of the responsibilities contained in the
22 Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge's Bill of Responsibilities,
23 and call upon the citizens of this Commonwealth to accept them.
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