RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
Salutation (July 4th)
If you love this nation
Understand what she was founded on
The times that try men’s souls
The courage of the working class
The right to self-governance
The right to free expression
The right to worship as you will
Freedom from persecution
Equal justice under the law
Freedom from unjust authority
The right to vote and be counted
The right to engage in peaceful protest
The right to individuality
The nation was founded on ideals
Principles of the enlightened
The age of dignity and reason
The nation was born to overcome
The prejudice of individual men
The indignity to women and minorities
America was not meant to embrace them
If you love this nation
Salute her greatness, not her flaws
Salute her promise, not her failings
If you love this nation
Help her to achieve the dream
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