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John B. Breaux: “America stands for the constitutional principle that all men and women are created equal and that we are all guaranteed…”

On the recordJune 19, 2000
America stands for the constitutional principle that all men and women are created equal and that we are all guaranteed the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness regardless of who we are or where we are from or what we think, what our political views are, or what is the essence of our makeup as a human being. That is a right that is guaranteed to all Americans in the Constitution. I think no one really questions that. That principle does not mean everyone in America has to agree with everybody else. In fact, I think that, far from it, we are a nation that certainly encourages diversity of thinking, differences among competing ideas, and differences among the respected beliefs of all the people who make up our great Nation.
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John B. Breaux
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Discussing the principles of equality and diversity in relation to proposed legislation.

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