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
Our occupation does not involve competition; and the daily performance of its duties we feel to be itself a kind of national service.
From A Modern Symposium by Dickinson, G. Lowes (Goldsworthy Lowes)
