Although the Soviets eventually destroyed the independent Ukrainian National Republic. they have not yet conquered the independent spirit of its people. It is that spirit that I honor today. We are only too familiar with the sad history of Soviet domination of the Ukraine. It is a history of persecution. terror. and flagrant abuses of human rights. Ukrainians have been deported. jailed or executed. churches have been systematically destroyed. and their clergy and faithful subjected to intimidation and persecution. Remarkably. years of Soviet tyranny have not extinguished the flame of freedom in the Ukraine. These courageous people continue to fight for the rights and freedoms we in the West so often take for granted.
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