He did not like the idea that all men are created equal. He did not like the idea that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights. because he believed in the divine right of kings. and the reason why men came to these shores was that they wanted the right of individual freedom. intellectual freedom. Many of the men who came to this country and who offered themselves to America were political refugees. I observe sitting here the junior Senator from Illinois . and I recall John Peter Altgeld. who was once Governor of Illinois. a German refugee. a refugee of the revolution of 1848. America was blessed. it was blessed again and again. by thousands upon thousands of political refugees who had to flee from their homelands. There are many of them here. Many of them who came to the Army in the Revolutionary War were political refugees from foreign lands. and anyone who would deny America being the asylum for refugees who are looking for a political and spiritual home is doing damage to the wellbeing of mankind.
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