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of this State that all", and I underline "all", "persons

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shall have economic security, the opportunity for employ-

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ment, and the means to provide for themselves and their

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families a standard of living based upon decency, dignity,

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and health."

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I believe we have done a good job. I think we

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have something that this Convention and this State will be

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proud of, but I want to close only with one expression

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which this Committee developed after hard work and which

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as far as I can see this Convention adopted almost unani-

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mously.

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Let me read to you the banner on which we shall

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go forward together, the preamble. It has meaning.

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"We, the people of the State of Maryland, grate-

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ful to Almighty God for our civil and religious freedom,

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recognizing that all political power originates in the

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people and that all government is instituted to secure their

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right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, and

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acknowledging our duty and responsibility to posterity,

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do establish and ordain this Constitution."

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Let us all go forward together and do exactly