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Every person is also a citizen of some country. In their country, they have rights and responsibilities. In every other country, they are a guest.

We are starting in the days where there is no discrimination, no distinction between one community and another, no discrimination between one caste or creed and another. We are starting with this fundamental principle: that we are all citizens, and equal citizens, of one State.

Full participation in government and society has been a basic right of the country symbolizing the full citizenship and equal protection of all.

I am privileged to be a citizen of the single greatest society in all of human history.

Today, we stand as a united country and are much closer to the ideals set forth in our Constitution that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Balancing the common good with the freedom and liberty to exercise that individuality has been and remains a challenge for those committed to democracy while understanding that the polis ensures our participation and therefore our citizenship.

To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.

Individuality is the aim of political liberty. By leaving the citizen as much freedom of action and of being as comports with order and the rights of others, the institutions render him truly a freeman. He is left to pursue his means of happiness in his own manner.

It is the government's fundamental duty to ensure the security of every individual citizen.

But we must create in each person a sense of responsibility in order that each one of us can have the right to enjoy all his rights.