​First. Thou shalt love God and thy honor above all things: God as the fountain of things: God as the fountain of all truth, of all justice and of all activity: and thine honor, the only power which will oblige thee to be truthful, just and industrious

Second. Thou shalt worship God in the form which thy conscience may deem most righteous and worthy: for in thy conscience, which condemns thine evil deeds and praises thy good ones, speaks thy God

Third. Thou shalt cultivate the special gifts which God has granted thee, working and studying according to thine ability, never leaving the path of righteousness and justice, in order to attain thine own perfection, by means whereof thou shalt contribute to the progress of humanity; thus thou shalt fulfill the mission to which God has appointed thee in this life, and by so doing, thou shalt be honored, and being honored, thou shalt glorify thy God

Fourth. Thou shalt love thy country after God and thine honor more than thyself: for she is the only Paradise which God has given thee in this life, the only patrimony of thy race, the only inheritance of thine ancestors and the only hope of thy posterity. Because of her, thou hast life, love and interest, happiness, honor and God

Fifth. Thou shalt strive for the happiness of thy country before thine own making of her the kingdom of reason, of justice and of labor; for if she be happy, thou, together with thy family, shalt likewise be happy

Sixth. Though shalt strive for the independence of the country: for only thou canst have any real interest in her advancement and exaltation, because of her independence constitutes thine own liberty: her advancement, thy perfection and her exaltation, thine own glory and immortality

Seventh. Though shalt not recognize in thy country the authority of any person who has not been elected by thee and by thy countrymen: for authority emanates from God, and as God speaks in the conscience of every man, the person designated and proclaimed by the conscience of a whole people is the only one who can use true authority

Eight. Thou shalt strive for a republic and never for a monarchy in thy country: for the latter exalts one or several families and founds a dynasty: the former makes a people worthy through reason, great through liberty, and prosperous and brilliant through labor

Ninth. Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself; for God has imposed upon him, as well as upon thee, the obligation to help thee and not todo unto thee what he would not have done into him, but if thy neighbor, failing in this sacred duty, attempts against thy life, liberty, and thine interests, then thou shalt destroy and annihilate him, for the supreme law of self-preservation prevails

Tenth. Thou shalt consider thy countrymen more than thy neighbor; thou shalt see in him thy friend, thy brother, or at least thy comrade, with whom thou art bound by one fate, by the same joys and sorrows and common aspiration and interests

Therefore, as long as national frontiers subsist, raised and maintained by the selfishness of race and family, with thy countryman alone shalt thou unit in perfect solidarity of purpose and interest, in order to have force, not only to resist the common enemy but also to attain the aims of human life