| I PLEDGE
ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG |
Thank
you, America, for your strength, your courage
and your freedom, which has been a beacon to the
world for two hundred years. |
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OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Whose
bright stars are fifty states
each bearing its own stamp of individuality.
People, two hundred and eighty million strong
who have come to here from all corners of the earth. |
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AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS |
A land
of laws, with an ingenious system of checks and balances
that allows no man to become a tyrant and lets no group prevail
if their power is not tempered with a real concern for the governed.
A land where the right of dissent and of free speech is jealously guarded.
And where the ballot box is the sword, and the people its wielder. |
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ONE NATION UNDER GOD, |
A land
where freedom of worship is a cornerstone of her being,
a land graced with temples, churches and synagogues and alters
that rise in profusion to embrace all of the religions of the world. |
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INDIVISIBLE, |
A land
forged by the hot steel of raw courage
and formed forever ... by the awful crucible of civil war. |
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WITH LIBERTY |
Where
man in pursuit of an honest life will not be denied his chance...
where her citizens move freely within her vast borders without hindrance or fear...
A land brimming with opportunity, where freedom of choice is the guide for all. |
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AND JUSTICE |
The
courts of our land are open to all
Its wheels of justice grind for all causes ... all people.
They look to every avenue for justice, every concern of the law ...
and they temper their reasoning with mercy ... |
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FOR ALL. |
| Regardless
of race, color, creed or religion. |
