This country has survived and prospered mightily in the belief that all men are created equal, that all political power is inherent in the people, and that no man or group of men should be entitled to exclusive privilege or preferment over others.
Proclamation 3631—Bill of Rights Day—Human Rights Day
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Your reward--and it is coming--will be seen in the faces of children who will come down the road that you have helped to open.
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