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The men who sat at this desk to sign the Declaration of Independence on July 4,1776 were very different from one another. They were from separate colonies. They came from various socioeconomic backgrounds-young lawyers and seasoned statesmen. They were handsome and homely, shy and scandalous. Their philosophies varied as well as their religious persuasions, yet each had a strong common goal...that “all men are created equal with certain unalienable rights...Ufe, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
In the United States of today, the differences are much greater than they were more than two hundred years ago, yet the Declaration of Independence still stands for the equality of all people regardless of their differences. Let us strive to uphold this belief; for upon it, democracy has its foundation and because of it, the many faces of freedom have become as one.
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