Madam President. it has been almost 100 years since the Congress has stated as clearly and unmistakably as it can be said in the 14th and 15th amendments to the U.S. Constitution that "no State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States" and that "the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race. color. or previous condition of servitude. [and] the Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation." The pages of history since the adoption and ratification of these amendments have reflected the glory of our republican form of government to every corner of this planet and have inspired the souls of men everywhere in the long struggle toward freedom. selfdetermination. and the investing by them of their brothers with the sacred duty and responsibility to preserve ideals of personal freedoms unparalleled in the history of mankind. Enriched by the transfusion of freedomloving people who deported from home and homeland for our shores. very often with little else than hope and a rugged will to make good in a new life. we have built upon the foundations laid down for us by them to the envy and inspiration of men everywhere. At this very moment. government of. by. and for the people stirs the hearts and minds of oppressed peoples who risk. and frequently encounter. death in piercing curtains of iron. and walls of concrete. to demonstrate that such barriers will never effectively shackle the mind of man. designed by his Creator a little less than the angels and endowed with free choice in the equal pursuit of liberty. Liberty came not easily to this Nation. nor has its enjoyment been peaceful.
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