We believe......

The attached is the ARF credo as set by The World Congress of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation and presented in 80^th ARF anniversary booklet. 

The supreme aim of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation is the realization of a free, united and independent democratic national homeland established on the territories of the historic fatherland of the Armenian nation.

WE BELIEVE

WE BELIEVE, that the realization of this aim can only be possible in the free democratic world context. A world in which the danger of war is permanently eliminated, and where the existing and potential international disputes can be resolved by peaceful means through the agency of a powerful international organization which shall be endowed with the necessary means of imposing its supreme will on great or small nations alike,

WE BELIEVE, that it is the indisputable and inviolable right of all nations great or small alike, to possess their own independent government and to live and prosper under the canopy of its protection.

WE BELIEVE, that each nation, even the smallest and the weakest, can best develop its creative talents and its unique national individuality in its own free and independent state.

WE BELIEVE, that when a nation’s fatherland is under the yoke of a more powerful alien nation and the ruling nation is reluctant to end its tyranny by peaceful legitimate means, the nation which is ruled has the inviolable right to fight against that rule, and to resort to revolution an armed conflict, if necessary, for the liberation of its own fatherland.

WE BELIEVE, that each nation has an undeniable right to govern itself as it wishes and to express its collective will only through the medium of the free universal secret ballot.

WE BELIEVE, that a nation even within the limits of its independent national state, can best prosper and live happy life when all its members, regardless of sex, race, or creed, enjoy the freedom of PRESS, of RELIGION, and PUBLIC ASSEMBLY, the freedom to organize, to work, to travel, to move and to communicate with others – conditions of which Armenia of today is deprived.

WE BELIEVE, that when a nation is independent, and enjoys the benefit of a democratic government which is elected by the free, universal and secret vote of the people, any changes in the constitutional order are made only through by peaceful and legitimate means. Consequently, it is a crime which is tantamount to treason to effectuate these changes in the free constitutional order by armed force or by revolution.

WE BELIEVE, that a nation not only has the right, but it has the duty to dispense social justice to all classes of society, without discrimination, and to create such socio-economic conditions in which the humblest classes of the nation shall have the opportunity to enjoy a life which is in keeping with human dignity, fully adequate to meet the necessities of life.

WE BELIEVE, that the Armenian nation, as every other nation, can best preserve and develop its unique physical and spiritual existence in a free and independent national homeland.

WE BELIEVE, that any nation, as well as the Armenian nation, in this atomic age when science has made gigantic strides in the fields of travel and communication, cannot develop and prosper in an isolated life. Science has wiped out the limitations of space and has brought the nations closer together, that all nations, great or small, aside from their aspirations to be free and independent, necessarily have a need of cooperation, because, by virtue of their economies, their means of inter-communication and their cultural activities, more than at any other time, they are inter-dependent, and can meet their needs only though mutual understanding and close cooperation.

WE BELIEVE, that, as long as Armenia continues to remain under the Soviet rule, and as long as Armenia’s historic territories are held by an alien power, it is the sacred duty of all Armenians to pursue the CAUSE OF THE FATHERLAND’S LIBERATION, with all the possible means at their disposal.

THE WORLD CONGRESS OF THE ARMENIAN REVOLUTIONAY FEDERATION