It has moved away from the days when the color of ones skin. the denomination of ones religious beliefs. or the cultural origins of ones family were a bar to full participation in our society. We had begun to breathe full life into the twin promises of liberty and equality. This Nation began as a haven for refugees fleeing from bigotry. hatred. and intolerance. We fought a war within our own national borders to give life to President Lincolns admonition that a nation cannot live halfslave and halffree. This century. - we fought foreign wars. sacrificing the "lives and wellbeing of our sons and daughters so that this democratic flame of -liberty. equality and toleration would not be extinguished by the depravity of mindless bigotry.
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