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Pledge
of Allegiance
(As
originally recited on his TV show)
I've
been listening to you boys and girls recite the Pledge of
Allegiance all semester and it seems as though it is
becoming monotonous to you. If I may, may I recite it and
try to explain to you the meaning of each word?"
| I
-- me, an individual, a committee of one. |
| Pledge
-- dedicate all of my worldly goods to give without
self pity. |
| Allegiance
-- my love and my devotion.
|
| To
the flag --
our standard, Old Glory, a symbol of freedom.
Wherever she waves, there's respect because your
loyalty has given her a dignity that
shouts freedom is everybody's job! |
| United
-- that means that we have all come together. |
| States
-- individual communities that have united into 48
great states.
Forty-eight individual communities with pride and
dignity and purpose; all divided with imaginary
boundaries, yet united to a common
purpose, and that's love for country.
|
| And
to the republic
-- a state in which sovereign power is invested
in representatives chosen by the people to
govern. And government is the people and
it's from the people to the leaders, not from
the leaders to the people. |
| For
which it stands, one nation
-- one nation, meaning "so
blessed by God" |
| Indivisible
--
incapable of being divided.
|
| With
liberty
-- which is freedom -- the right of power to
live one's own life without threats, fear or
some sort of retaliation. |
| And
Justice
--
the principle or quality of dealing fairly with
others. |
| For
all
-- which means, boys and girls, it's as much your country
as it is mine. |
Since I was a small boy, two states have been added
to our country
and
two words have been added to the pledge of Allegiance...
UNDER
GOD
Wouldn't
it be a pity if someone said
that
is a prayer
and
that would be eliminated from schools too?
God Bless America!
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