"One nation, under God, with liberty and justice for all."

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The Pledge of Allegiance

"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

(By Act of Congress: June 19, 1954.) 

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The Star Spangled Banner 

"O say can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming.  Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?  And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there;  O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?"

 (4th Verse)

"O thus be it ever when freemen shall stand between their loved home and the war’s desolation!  Blest with victory and peace, may the heaven rescued land praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation!  Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, And this be our motto - 'In God is Our Trust'.
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave."

(By Act of Congress: March 3, 1931)

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The Declaration of Independence

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness..." 

(By Act of 2nd Continental Congress: July 4, 1776)

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The Constitution of the United States

"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."

(Ratified by the States, September 17, 1787

Amendment I.

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people to peaceably assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." 

Amendment II.

"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."

(Amendments I-X, "Bill of Rights" ratified by the States, December 15, 1791.)

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