Let us rededicate ourselves to promoting the ideals embodied in the Bill of Rights and the Universal Declaration so that, one day, they will be enjoyed by all peoples of the world.
On the recordDecember 5, 1979
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Proclamation 4705—Bill of Rights Day, Human Rights Day and Week, 1979
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