national service
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Prosperity itself can be a form of national service.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
In recent weeks, both France and Germany have outlined plans for voluntary national service.
From BBC • Dec. 14, 2025
The committee behind the initiative maintains that requiring every Swiss citizen, regardless of gender, to do national service in the army or in a civilian capacity would strengthen the social cohesion.
From Barron's • Nov. 27, 2025
During the year ended in September 2023, nearly 28% of retirement-age individuals formally volunteered through an organization, estimates AmeriCorps, the government agency for national service and volunteerism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025
With national service, rich and poor, prince, priest and pauper have to serve alike without exemption.
From "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders by Currie, John Allister
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
