I -
- Me; an individual; a committee of one.
Pledge - -
Dedicate all of my worldly goods to give without self-pity.
Allegiance
- - My love and my devotion.
To the Flag
- - Our standard; Old Glory ; a symbol of Freedom; wherever she
waves there is respect, because your loyalty has given her a dignity that
shouts, Freedom is everybody's job.
United - -
That means that we have all come together.
States
-
- Individual communities that have united into forty-eight great states.
Forty-eight individual communities with pride and dignity and purpose. All
divided with imaginary boundaries, yet united to a common purpose, and that
is love for country.
And to the Republic
- - Republic--a state in which sovereign power is invested in
representatives chosen by the people to govern. And government is the
people; and it's from the people to the leaders, not from the leaders to the
people.
For which it stands
One Nation
- - One Nation--meaning, so blessed by God.
Indivisible
- - Incapable of being divided.
With Liberty -
- Which is Freedom; the right of power to live one's own life, without
threats, fear, or some sort of retaliation.
And Justice
- - The principle, or qualities, of dealing fairly with others.
For All -
- For All--which means, boys and girls, it's as much your country as it is
mine.
And now, boys and girls, let me hear you
recite the
Pledge of Allegiance
I
pledge allegiance
to
the Flag of the
United States of America,
and
to the Republic,
for
which it stands;
one
nation, indivisible,
with
liberty and justice for all
Since I was a small boy,
two states have been added to our country, and two words have been added to
the Pledge of Allegiance: Under God. Wouldn't it be a pity if someone said
that is a prayer, and that would be eliminated from schools, too?
....Red Skelton
