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THE FAMILY AND THE NATION
base to integrate ethnicity and class into political activism while advancing to higher levels of cultural pluralism. In a period of economic weakness, ethnic cleavage and ethnic apportionment of blame can easily return us to servitude and poverty. We must never allow this to happen. We must start a process of mutual accommodation of each group's cultural values and increased informal interaction.
But who will do that?
We have thought over the question as to how a noble nation can be formed and have come to the conclusion that its seeds can be sown in a family. Only a good individual who has been brought up in the environment of a good family is able to realize his or her responsibility towards the nation. Such a citizen will adopt the principle 'work with integrity and succeed with integrity.
Hence, we believe that it is possible to evolve a noble nation with the basic foundation of righteousness in the heart. Our people can live in a clean, green environment without pollution, prosper without poverty, experience peace without fear of war and have a happy place to live their lives. Thereby, our nation can become a model state for the evolution of noble society on the planet.
It is hoped that this book will be read with a feeling of deep understanding to explore how creation of a beautiful family will lead to the evolution of a noble nation.
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