I also wish that the Pledge of Allegiance were directed at the Constit…

Carl Sagan
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I also wish that the Pledge of Allegiance were directed at the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, as it is when the President takes his oath of office, rather than to the flag and the nation ✨ Carl Sagan (2011). Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark, p.546, Ballantine Books
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I also wish that the Pledge of Allegiance were directed at the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, as it is when the President takes his oath of office, rather than to the flag and the nation ✨ Carl Sagan (2011). Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark, p.546, Ballantine Books

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