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Robert Berry: when the economy is falling on its face, unemployment is rampant, and chaos worldwide reigns, it is time for us to…

On the recordJuly 16, 2003
when the economy is falling on its face, unemployment is rampant, and chaos worldwide reigns, it is time for us to return to the bedrock that we built this Nation on, something that I love to read and I love to talk about, the greatest document ever written, with the exception of the holy Bible. It is the Declaration of Independence. It says in the second paragraph, ``All men are created equal.'' It does not say rich people are better than poor people. It does not say that Republicans are better than Democrats. It does not say that you are better if you do not have to sweat for a living. It does not say that if you do not have callouses on your hands you should not pay taxes, but, if you do, you should. It says, ``All men are created equal and endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, and among those are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.'' I think it is time that this Congress and this country remind themselves what built this great Nation.
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Robert Berry
Arkansas

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Addressing economic challenges and the principles of equality in the Declaration of Independence.

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