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THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands; one Nation under God, Indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all.
Francis Bellamy
THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER
0 say, can you see, by the dawns early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming,
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight
Oer the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there
O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
Oer the land of the free and the home of the brave?
O thus be it ever, when free men shall stand
Between their loved homes and the wars desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heaven rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just
And this be our motto: In God is our trust!
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
Oer the land of the free and the home of the brave!
Francis Scott Key
PREAMBLE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution of the United States of America.
THE AMERICANS CREED
I believe in the United States of America as a government of the people, by the people, for the people, whose just powers are derived from the consent of the governed; a democracy in a republic; a sovereign Nation of many sovereign States, a perfect Union, one and inseparable, established upon those principles of freedom, equality, justice, and humanity for which American patriots sacrificed their lives and fortunes. I therefore believe it is my duty to my country to love it, to support its Constitution, to obey its laws, to respect its flag, and to defend it against all enemies.
William Tyler Page
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