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Rotary and Politics
While Rotary International and its member clubs must refrain from issuing partisan political statements and Rotarians are prohibited from adopting statements with a view to exerting any corporate pressure on governments or political authorities, it is the duty of Rotarians
1. in their clubs to keep under review political developments in their own communities and throughout the world insofar as they affect their service to their vocations and their communities as well as the pursuit of the Rotary objective of world understanding and peace. They are expected to seek reliable information through balanced programs and discussions so that each club member can reach his own conclusions after the fair collective examination of the issues;
2. outside their clubs to be active, as individuals, in as many legally constituted groups and organizations as possible in order to promote in them, not only in words but through exemplary dedication, the awareness of the dignity of man and the respect of the consequent rights of the individual.
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