Mr. Speaker. why would a people who have been subjugated by another country since 1940 observe the 56th anniversary of their Declaration of Independence? Why would a people. who are denied the right of worship. who are denied the right of selfdetermination. who are denied the right of dissent. who are denied the right to emigrate. consider themselves free? Because they are freein spirit. For centuries Lithuanians knew freedom in their kingdom by the Baltic shore. Then the imperial powers of Russia. Prussia. and Austria conspired against Poland and Lithuania and partitioned the countries amongst themselves. After 120 years of suppression by Russia.
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