It deplores selfish individualism as much as any form of totalitarianism. It is, moreover, open to all political and economic regimes which respect its basic principles. The safeguards of both rights and duties of individuals and peoples must be constitutionally expressed. The Law is the essential instrument through which the principles of civilization are put into practice. Peace and unity among all men with justice and freedom are the highest expression of the application of those principles which the Community seeks to promote.
Civilization is the common product of all peoples.
In particular, Asia, Africa, and Oceania have a part to play side by side with the western peoples. It is important to realize that the common values of civilization are differently expressed by different peoples according to their various traditions. At a time when the future of the world is at stake, when the enslaved peoples are looking for hope, when the peoples of Africa, Asia, and Oceania have a decisive choice before them, the Atlantic Community must put forward a constructive concept of civilization of the future, which is capable by its actions that it is determined to promote that idea. Oceana Publications, Dobbs Ferry, New York. From the Commission on Religious and Spiritual Values of the Atlantic Community.