Moscow on the Hudson
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This is my mama and my wife.
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How do you do, Mother?
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That is my wife. This is my mama.
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All rise for the Honourable Judge
Louise R. Reynolds.

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You may sit.
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Ladies and gentlemen, good morning.
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Today you will become citizens
of the United States of America.

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No longer are you an Englishman,
Italian, or Pole, or whatever.

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Neither will you be
a hyphenated American.

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From this day, you are no longer a subject
of a government...

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...but an integral part of the government.
A free man.

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May you find in this nation...
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...the fulfilment of your dreams
of peace and security...

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...and may America, in turn,
never find you wanting...

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...in your new proud role
of citizen of the United States.

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Will the petitioners please rise?
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Now, let us take the oath of allegiance.
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"I hereby declare, on oath...
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"...that I absolutely and entirely renounce...
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"...all allegiance and fidelity...
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"...to any foreign prince or potentate...
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"...that I will support and defend
the Constitution and laws...

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"...of the United States of America...
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"...against all enemies.
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"I take this obligation freely...
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"...without any mental reservation...
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"...or purpose of evasion...

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