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



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Lee Greenwood:



    It's a pledge to fulfill our duties and obligations

    as citizens of the United States

    and uphold the principles of our constitution.



    And, last, but not least,

    It's a pledge to maintain the four great freedoms

    cherished by all Americans:

        Freedom of Speech

          Freedom of Religion

           Freedom from Want

        and  Freedom from FEAR!



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I -- me, an individual, a committee of one.



Pledge -- dedicate all of my worldly goods to give without self pity.



Allegiance -- my love and  my devotion.



To the flag -- our standard, Old Glory, a symbol of freedom. 



Wherever she waves, there's respect because your loyalty has given her a dignity that shouts freedom is everybody's job!



United -- that means that we have all come together.



States -- individual communities that have united into 48 great 

states. Forty-eight individual communities with pride and dignity and purpose; all divided with imaginary boundaries, yet united to a common purpose, and that's love for country.



And to the republic -- a state in which sovereign power is invested in representatives chosen by the people to govern. And government is the people and it's from the people to the leaders, not from the leaders to the people.



For which it stands, one nation -- one nation, meaning "so blessed by God"



Indivisible -- incapable of being divided.



With liberty -- which is freedom  -- the right of power to live one's own life without threats, fear or some sort of retaliation.



And Justice -- the principle or quality of dealing fairly with others.



For all -- which means, boys and girls, it's as much your country as it is mine.