STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
We,
having dutifully served our nation, do hereby
affirm our greater responsibility to serve the
cause of world peace. To this end we will work,
with others
(a) To increase public awareness of the costs of
war.
(b) To restrain our government from intervening,
overtly and covertly, in the internal affairs of
other nations
(c) To end the arms race and to reduce and
eventually eliminate nuclear weapons
(d) To seek justice for veterans and victims of war
(e) To abolish war as an instrument of national
policy.
To achieve these goals, members of Veterans For
Peace pledge to use non-violent means and to
maintain an organization that is both democratic
and open with the understanding that all members
are trusted to act in the best interests of the
group for the larger purpose of world peace.