The founding fathers of the U.S. have probably captured these truths better than anybody, and codified them into the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States of America.

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By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 721 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (section 721), 50 U.S.C.

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The bill of rights attached to the constitution of the newly formed United States of America in 1789 guaranteed free speech and a fair trial, but no right to be taught to read and write.

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