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Me; an individual; a committee of one. |
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Dedicate all of my worldly goods to give without self-pity. |
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My love and my devotion. |
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Our standard. “Old Glory”; a symbol of freedom. Wherever she waves, there is respect, because your loyalty has given her a dignity that shouts “Freedom is everybody's job”. |
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That means that we have all come together. |
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Individual communities that have united into forty-eight great states. Forty-eight individual communities with pride and dignity and purpose. All divided by imaginary boundaries, yet united to a common purpose, and that’s love for country. |
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Republic: a state in which sovereign power is invested in representatives chosen by the people to govern. And the government is the people; and it's from the people to the leaders, not from the leaders to the people. |
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One Nation; Meaning so blessed by God. |
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Incapable of being divided. |
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Which is Freedom. The right of power to live one's own life without threats, fears, or any sort of retaliation. |
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The principle or qualities of dealing fairly with others. |
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For All. Which means, boys and girls, it's as much your country as it is mine.” |
And now boys and girls let me hear you recite the Pledge of Allegiance:
I pledge allegiance
to the Flag of the United States
of America,
and to the Republic, for which it stands;
one nation,
indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
Since I was a small boy, two states have been added to our country, and two words have been added to the Pledge of Allegiance: Under God. Wouldn't it be a pity if someone said that is a prayer, and that be eliminated from our schools, too?” |