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FOR GOD AND COUNTRY WE ASSOCIATE OURSELVES TOGETHER FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES:

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To uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America;

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To maintain law and order;

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To foster and perpetuate a one hundred percent Americanism;

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To preserve the memories and incidents of our associations in the Great Wars;

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To inculcate a sense of individual obligation to the community, state and nation;

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To combat the autocracy of both the classes and the masses;

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To make right the master of might;

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To promote peace and goodwill on earth;

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To safeguard and transmit to posterity the principles of justice, freedom and democracy;

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To consecrate and sanctify our comradeship by our devotion to mutual helpfulness.