You could fight for your country, you could die for your country, you could serve in your country's civil service, but you didn't really have the information and the knowledge and the ability to help build the stronger society in the way that you do now.
Man kunne slås for ens land,  man kunne dø for ens land, man kunne blive tjenestemand, men man havde ikke rigtig  den information og viden og evnen til at bidrage til opbygning af et  stærkere samfund, på den måde vi har i dag.