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Extract from Esther B. Fein’s “Clamor in the East,” and Zdenek Janicek’s remarks after reading the Declaration of Independence to striking Polish workers, 27 Nov. 1989 [Quote]

Americans understood these rights more than 200 years ago ... We are only now learning to believe that we are entitled to the same rights.
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