NATIONAL UNITY AND DEMOCRACY
Keywords:
democratic principles, democracy, integrity, national unity, Romanian historyAbstract
National unity is very important for the Romanians. After so many years of struggles and turmoil, Romania has the chance to increase her unity pursuing true democracy by implementing and following democratic principles, and by accepting and living core values like integrity. In both areas the Romanians need to act and take ownership of their actions: implementation and application of democratic principles on a micro and macro dimensions and embracing integrity as one of the most important core values a nation has. And all these with God’s help and blessing. In this article, the author studies two important aspects of unity, social unity and moral unity. Social unity is given by implementing and following democratic principles, and moral unity is realized by accepting and living core values like integrity.
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