He ordered that the slaves should be free from their bondage. Weecade ago and 1963, observed the 100 proclamation of that declaration signing. On the memorial of that fateful year, i was called upon as the last president to speak at Gettysburg Cemetery as the Vice President to speak at Gettysburg Cemetery, where a century before, words had been spoken which all of us have long remembered and on that occasion, i said this. Until justice is blind to color, until education is unaware of race, until opportunity is unconcerned with the color of mens skin, emancipation will be a proclamation but not a fact. To the extent that the proclamation of emancipation is not full felt in fact, to that extent, we have fallen short of assuring freedom to the freed. When i spoke as the Vice President , i could not know that the future would present me shortly with the opportunity and the responsibility to contribute more toward fulfilling the fact of emancipation. Even if i could have known what lay ahea
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Winston Peters seemingly borrowed heavily from one of history’s most famous speeches when making his own Anzac Day address at Gallipoli . The Deputy Prime.
Winston Peters seemingly borrowed heavily from one of history’s most famous speeches when making his own Anzac Day address at Gallipoli.
The Deputy Prime