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6,501
1948
economic
explicit
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We favor non-discriminatory transportation charges and declare for the early correction of inequalities in such charges.
group_2
6,502
1948
economic
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We pledge the continued full and unified regional development of the water, mineral, and other natural resources of the nation, recognizing that the progress already achieved under the initiative of the Democratic Party in the arid and semi-arid states of the West, as well as in the Tennessee Valley, is only an indication of still greater results which can be accomplished.
group_2
6,503
1948
economic
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Our natural resources are the heritage of all our people and must not be permitted to become the private preserves of monopoly.
group_2
6,504
1948
economic
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The irrigation of arid land, the establishment of new, independent, competitive business and the stimulation of new industrial opportunities for all of our people depends upon the development and transmission of electric energy in accordance with the program and the projects so successfully launched under Democratic auspices during the past sixteen years.
group_2
6,505
1948
economic
explicit
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We favor acceleration of the Federal Reclamation Program, the maximum beneficial use of water in the several states for irrigation and domestic supply.
group_2
6,506
1948
political
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In this connection, we propose the establishment and maintenance of new family-size farms for veterans and others seeking settlement opportunities, the development of hydroelectric power and its widespread distribution over publicly owned transmission lines to assure benefits to the water users in financing irrigation projects, and to the power users for domestic and industrial purposes, with preference to public agencies and R.E.A. co-operatives.
group_1
6,507
1948
economic
explicit
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These are the aims of the Democratic Party which in the future, as in the past, will place the interest of the people as individual citizens first.
group_2
6,508
1948
political
explicit
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We will continue to improve the navigable waterways and harbors of the nation.
group_1
6,509
1948
political
explicit
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We pledge to continue the policy initiated by the Democratic Party of adequate appropriations for flood control for the protection of life and property.
group_1
6,510
1948
economic
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We shall expand our programs for forestation, for the improvement of grazing lands, public and private, for the stockpiling of strategic minerals and the encouragement of a sound domestic mining industry.
group_2
6,511
1948
economic
explicit
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We shall carry forward experiments for the broader utilization of mineral resources in the highly beneficial manner already demonstrated in the program for the manufacture of synthetic liquid fuel from our vast deposits of coal and oil shale and from our agricultural resources.
group_2
6,512
1948
economic
explicit
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We pledge an intensive enforcement of the antitrust laws, with adequate appropriations.
group_2
6,513
1948
economic
explicit
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We advocate the strengthening of existing antitrust laws by closing the gaps which experience has shown have been used to promote concentration of economic power.
group_2
6,514
1948
economic
explicit
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We pledge a positive program to promote competitive business and to foster the development of independent trade and commerce.
group_2
6,515
1948
political
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We again state our belief that racial and religious minorities must have the right to live, the right to work, the right to vote, the full and equal protection of the laws, on a basis of equality with all citizens as guaranteed by the Constitution.
group_1
6,516
1948
economic
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We call upon the Congress to support our President in guaranteeing these basic and fundamental American Principles: (1) the right of full and equal political participation;
group_2
6,517
1948
no_bias
no_bias
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(2) the right to equal opportunity of employment;
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6,518
1948
no_bias
no_bias
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(3) the right of security of person;
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6,519
1948
political
explicit
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We condemn the undemocratic action of the Republican 80th Congress in passing an inadequate and bigoted bill for this purpose, which law imposes no-American restrictions based on race and religion upon such admissions.
group_1
6,520
1948
political
explicit
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We urge immediate statehood for Hawaii and Alaska;
group_1
6,521
1948
political
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immediate determination by the people of Puerto Rico as to their form of government and their ultimate status with respect to the United States;
group_1
6,522
1948
gender
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and the maximum degree of local self-government for the Virgin Islands, Guam and Samoa.
group_2
6,523
1948
political
explicit
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We recommend to Congress the submission of a constitutional amendment on equal rights for women.
group_1
6,524
1948
economic
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We favor the extension of the right of suffrage to the people of the District of Columbia.
group_2
6,525
1948
education
explicit
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We pledge adherence to the principle of nonpartisan civilian administration of atomic energy, and the development of atomic energy for peaceful purposes through free scientific inquiry for the benefit of all the people.
group_1
6,526
1948
education
explicit
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We urge the vigorous promotion of world-wide freedom in the gathering and dissemination of news by press, radio, motion pictures, newsreels and television, with complete confidence that an informed people will determine wisely the course of domestic and foreign policy.
group_1
6,527
1948
racial_cultural
explicit
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We believe the primary step toward the achievement of world-wide freedom is access by all peoples to the facts and the truth.
group_2
6,528
1948
political
explicit
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To that end, we will encourage the greatest possible vigor on the part of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights and the United Nations Economic and Social Council to establish the foundations on which freedom can exist in every nation.
group_1
6,529
1948
education
explicit
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We deplore the repeated attempts of Republicans in the 80th Congress to impose thought control upon the American people and to encroach on the freedom of speech and press.
group_1
6,530
1948
political
explicit
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We pledge the early establishment of a national science foundation under principles which will guarantee the most effective utilization of public and private research facilities.
group_1
6,531
1948
political
explicit
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We will continue our efforts to improve and strengthen our federal civil service, and provide adequate compensation.
group_1
6,532
1948
political
explicit
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We will continue to maintain an adequate American merchant marine.
group_1
6,533
1948
political
explicit
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We condemn Communism and other forms of totalitarianism and their destructive activity overseas and at home.
group_1
6,534
1948
political
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We reiterate our pledge to expose and prosecute treasonable activities of anti-democratic and un-American organizations which would sap our strength, paralyze our will to defend ourselves, and destroy our unity, inciting race against race, class against class, and the people against free institutions.
group_1
6,535
1948
political
explicit
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We shall continue vigorously to enforce the laws against subversive activities, observing at all times the constitutional guarantees which protect free speech, the free press and honest political activity.
group_1
6,536
1948
political
explicit
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If we falter in our leadership, we may endanger the peace of the worldand we shall surely endanger the welfare of our own nation.
group_1
6,537
1948
political
explicit
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For these reasons it is imperative that we maintain our military strength until world peace with justice is secure.
group_1
6,538
1948
political
explicit
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We pledge to maintain adequate military strength, based on these improvements, sufficient to fulfill our responsibilities in occupation zones, defend our national interests, and to bolster those free nations resisting Communist aggression.
group_1
6,539
1952
political
explicit
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Peace with honor is the greatest of all our goals.
group_1
6,540
1952
no_bias
no_bias
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We pledge our unremitting efforts to avert another world war.
no_bias
6,541
1952
political
explicit
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We are determined that the people shall be spared that frightful agony.
group_1
6,542
1952
no_bias
no_bias
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We are convinced that peace and security can be safeguarded if America does not deviate from the practical and successful policies developed under Democratic leadership since the close of World War II.
no_bias
6,543
1952
political
explicit
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We will resolutely move ahead with the constructive task of promoting peace.
group_1
6,544
1952
political
explicit
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Under Democratic leadership, this country sponsored and helped create the United Nations and became a charter member and staunchly supports its aims.
group_1
6,545
1952
political
explicit
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We will continue our efforts to strengthen the United Nations, improve its institutions as experience requires, and foster its growth and development.
group_1
6,546
1952
political
explicit
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The Communist aggressor has been hurled back from South Korea.
group_1
6,547
1952
political
explicit
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Thus, Korea has proved, once and for all, that the United Nations will resist aggression.
group_1
6,548
1952
political
explicit
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We urge continued effort, by every honorable means, to bring about a fair and effective peace settlement in Korea in accordance with the principles of the United Nations' charter.
group_1
6,549
1952
political
explicit
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Our Nation has strengthened its national defenses against the menace of Soviet aggression.
group_1
6,550
1952
political
explicit
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The Democratic Party will continue to stand unequivocally for the strong, balanced defense forces for this countryland, sea and air.
group_1
6,551
1952
political
explicit
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We will continue to support the expansion and maintenance of the military and civil defense forces required for our national security
group_1
6,552
1952
political
explicit
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We reject the defeatist view of those who say we cannot afford the expense and effort necessary to defend ourselves.
group_1
6,553
1952
political
explicit
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We express our full confidence in the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
group_1
6,554
1952
political
explicit
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We voice complete faith in the ability and valor of our armed forces, and pride in their accomplishments.
group_1
6,555
1952
political
implicit
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We reject the ridiculous notions of those who would have the United States face the aggressors alone.
group_1
6,556
1952
political
explicit
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That would be the most expensiveand the most dangerousmethod of seeking security.
group_1
6,557
1952
political
implicit
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This nation needs strong allies, around the world, making their maximum contribution to the common defense.
group_1
6,558
1952
political
explicit
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They add their strength to ours in the defense of freedom.
group_1
6,559
1952
political
explicit
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The Truman Doctrine in 1947, the organization of hemisphere defense at Rio de Janeiro that same year, the Marshall Plan in 1948, the North Atlantic Treaty in 1949, the Point IV program, the resistance to Communist aggression in Korea, the Pacific Security pacts in 1951, and the Mutual Security programs now under wayall stand as landmarks of America's progress in mobilizing the strength of the free world to keep the peace.
group_1
6,560
1952
political
explicit
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We encourage the economic and political unity of free Europe and the increasing solidarity of the nations of the North Atlantic Community.
group_1
6,561
1952
political
implicit
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We hail the Schuman Plan to pool the basic resources of industrial Western Europe, and the European Defense Community.
group_1
6,562
1952
political
explicit
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We are proud of America's part in carrying these great projects forward, and we pledge our continuing support until they are established.
group_1
6,563
1952
political
explicit
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We welcome the German Federal Republic into the company of free nations.
group_1
6,564
1952
political
explicit
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We are determined that Germany shall remain free and continue as a good neighbor in the European community
group_1
6,565
1952
political
explicit
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We sympathize with the German people's wish for unity and will continue to do everything we can by peaceful means to overcome the Kremlin's obstruction of that rightful aim.
group_1
6,566
1952
criminal_justice
explicit
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We will not abandon the once-free peoples of Central and Eastern Europe who suffer now under the Kremlin's tyranny in violation of the Soviet Union's most solemn pledges at Tehran, Yalta, and Potsdam.
group_1
6,567
1952
criminal_justice
implicit
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The United States should join other nations in formally declaring genocide to be an international crime in time of peace as well as war.
group_1
6,568
1952
political
explicit
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This crime was exposed once more by the shocking revelations of Soviet guilt as disclosed in the report filed in Congress by the special committee investigating the Katyn Forest massacre.
group_1
6,569
1952
political
explicit
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We look forward to the clay when the liberties of Poland and the other oppressed Soviet satellites, including Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Rumania, Bulgaria, Albania, Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia and other nations in Asia under Soviet domination, will be restored to them and they can again take their rightful place in the community of free nations.
group_1
6,570
1952
political
explicit
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We will carry forward and expand the vital and effective program of the "Voice of America" for penetration of the "Iron Curtain," bringing truth and hope to all the people subjugated by the Soviet Empire.
group_1
6,571
1952
political
explicit
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We seek to enlist the people of the Middle East to work with us and with each other in the development of the region, the lifting of health and living standards, and the attainment of peace.
group_1
6,572
1952
economic
explicit
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We will continue to support the tripartite declaration of May 1950, to encourage Israel and the Arab States to settle their differences by direct negotiation, to maintain and protect the sanctity of the Holy Places and to permit free access to them.
group_2
6,573
1952
citizenship
explicit
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We pledge aid to the Arab States to enable them to develop their economic resources and raise the living standards of their people.
group_1
6,574
1952
political
explicit
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We support measures for the relief and reintegration of the Palestine refugees, and we pledge continued assistance to the reintegration program voted by the General Assembly of the United Nations in January 1952.
group_1
6,575
1952
political
explicit
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In the subcontinent of South Asia, we pledge continuing support for the great new countries of India and Pakistan in their efforts to create a better life for their people and build strong democratic governments to stand as bastions of liberty in Asia, secure against the threat of Communist subversion.
group_1
6,576
1952
political
explicit
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We welcome free Japan as a friendly neighbor and an ally in seeking security and progress for the whole Pacific area.
group_1
6,577
1952
political
explicit
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America's security pacts with Japan and with the Philippines, Australia, and New Zealand are indispensable steps toward comprehensive mutual security arrangements in that area.
group_1
6,578
1952
political
explicit
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Our military and economic assistance to the Nationalist Government of China on Formosa has strengthened that vital outpost of the free world, and will be continued.
group_1
6,579
1952
political
explicit
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In the Western Hemisphere, we pledge ourselves to continue the policy of the good neighbor.
group_1
6,580
1952
political
implicit
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We will strive constantly to strengthen the bonds of friendship and cooperation with our Latin American allies who are joined with us in the defense of the Americas.
group_1
6,581
1952
political
explicit
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The free world is rearming to secure the peace.
group_1
6,582
1952
political
implicit
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Under Democratic leadership, America always stands prepared to join in a workable system for foolproof inspection and limitation of all armaments, including atomic weapons.
group_1
6,583
1952
political
explicit
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This Nation has taken the leadership in proposing concrete, practical plans for such a system.
group_1
6,584
1952
political
implicit
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We are determined to carry on the effort for real, effective disarmament.
group_1
6,585
1952
political
explicit
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We look forward to the day when a great share of the resources now devoted to the armaments program can be diverted into the channels of peaceful production to speed the progress of America and of the underdeveloped regions of the world.
group_1
6,586
1952
political
explicit
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We will continue to encourage use of American skills and capital in helping the people of underdeveloped lands to combat disease, raise living standards, improve land tenure and develop industry and trade.
group_1
6,587
1952
political
explicit
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The continuance of ever stronger and more vigorous Point IV programssponsored both by this country and by the United Nationsis an indispensable element in creating a peaceful world.
group_1
6,588
1952
economic
explicit
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It is part of the policy of the Democratic Party, therefore, to encourage and assist small nations and all peoples in the peaceful and orderly achievement of their legitimate aspirations toward political, geographical and ethnic integrity so that they may dwell in the family of sovereign nations with freedom and dignity.
group_2
6,589
1952
no_bias
no_bias
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The Democratic Party has always stood for expanding trade among free nations.
no_bias
6,590
1952
economic
explicit
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We reassert that stand today.
group_2
6,591
1952
economic
explicit
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We vigorously oppose any restrictive policies which would weaken the highly successful reciprocal trade program fathered by Cordell Hull.
group_2
6,592
1952
economic
explicit
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Since 1934, the United States has taken the lead in fostering the expansion and liberalization of world trade.
group_2
6,593
1952
economic
explicit
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Our own economy requires expanded export markets for our manufactured and agricultural products and a greater supply of essential imported raw materials.
group_2
6,594
1952
political
implicit
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Solution of the problem of refugees from communism and overpopulation has become a permanent part of the foreign policy program of the Democratic Party.
group_1
6,595
1952
citizenship
explicit
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In this way we can give hope and courage to the victims of Soviet brutality and can carry on the humanitarian tradition of the Displaced Persons Act.
group_1
6,596
1952
citizenship
explicit
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Subversive elements must be screened out and prevented from entering our land, but the gates must be left open for practical numbers of desirable persons from abroad whose immigration to this country provides an invigorating infusion into the stream of American life, as well as a significant contribution to the solution of the world refugee and overpopulation problems.
group_1
6,597
1952
citizenship
explicit
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We pledge continuing revision of our immigration and naturalization laws to do away with any unjust and unfair practices against national groups which have contributed some of our best citizens.
group_1
6,598
1952
citizenship
explicit
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We will eliminate distinctions between native-born and naturalized citizens.
group_1
6,599
1952
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We want no "second-class" citizens in free America.
no_bias
6,600
1952
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The United States is today a land of boundless opportunity.
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