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Michael Collins: “we have just rendered a pledge to our flag and the Republic for which it stands. Mr. Speaker, a republic is people.…”

On the recordMarch 3, 1994
we have just rendered a pledge to our flag and the Republic for which it stands. Mr. Speaker, a republic is people. People working equally as one nation. Under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Yes, under God we have united and have been granted a government, to protect the liberty and render justice for all. We protect our liberty through faith, patriotism, and a strong defense. Would be aggressors fear our strength and respect our values. However, the aggressor we fear most walks among us, dividing us from within--the criminal. We must make the criminal as fearful of violating our liberty as any aggressor we have faced. Mr. Speaker, only justice will render such fear. We as dutiful officers of the Republic must harness the criminal element through justice. Justice will only prevail when we as a Congress swallow our thirst for power and assist our local and State governments in stopping the criminal threat to our liberty.
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Michael Collins
Republican · Georgia
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The speaker addresses the importance of justice in protecting liberty and combating crime.

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