[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 131 (Tuesday, October 8, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H7177]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      AMERICA HAS A HIGHER CALLING

  (Mr. KUCINICH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KUCINICH. Oh say does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave, o'er 
the land of the free, and the home of the brave?
  America, let us remember on this day the connection between freedom 
and bravery, that to preserve our freedom we must be courageous. Let no 
fear, no threat, let no premonition obscure our vision and lead us down 
the dark path of preemptive war against a people who have not attacked 
us.
  Let us be guided by the truth, the truth which shall set us free, the 
truth which keeps us free. Let us lift this Nation up into the light of 
peace, into the eternal promise where we are all one, where nations 
shall not take up arms against nation, where we shall turn our swords 
into plowshares, our spears into pruning hooks.
  America has a higher calling. Our Founders call us on this day to 
defend our country by defending universal truth, by defending 
international justice, by defending the very spirit of our 
Constitution, which calls us to form a more perfect union with each 
other and with the world.

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