Exercise One

   CREDO RESEARCH EXERCISE
ENGLISH 101-111
LESSON 3
EXERCISE ONE
 

          I spent a little time doing some research on J.F.K.s various credos while he was president and was not surprised by what I had found. He was the president of the United States of America in 1960 and the country was in an uproar. There was the start of the Vietnam war, the drug culture was alive and growing, their was a  battle of segregation going on down in the south and let's not forget the millions of college kids and the like who were protesting against the war, there was the space race to see what country could orbit around the moon. It could not of been a more controversial time between the government and the younger generation of the nation. Someone finally figured out there is power in numbers.To summarize J.F.K.s political credo, "I believe in human dignity as the source of national purpose, in human liberty as the source of national action, in the human heart as the source of national compassion, and in the human mind as the source of our invention and our ideas". He also in 1961 had another credo called the "Affirmative Action Plan". It tried to deal with the subject of prejudice. In short it read, to prevent discrimination against employees and applicants for employment on basis of "color, religion, sex, or national origin". You asked if some examples like the preamble to the Constitution or Greenpeace use statements of beliefs to identify themselves. Of course they do.  Greenpeace's credo says "to ensure the ability of the earth to nurture life in all it's diversity and focus it's campaigning on world wide issues such as global warming, deforestation, and overfishing to name a few. The definition of credo says it is "any formal or authorized statement of beliefs, principles, or opinions". I feel we all have some form of credo ,no matter how big or small, how political, social or religious  they are. I don't think I've ever met someone without his or hers  personal credo. I guess it might be possible but I think I might recognize someone who doesn't give morals and values a high priority or at all.