Banjer - Yep. Well, that was a rather different time...with a different social tone to it.

Actually, many nations attempt to function under those very same basic assumptions...unity, indivisibility, liberty and justice for all. These are ideals and hopes common to many (if not most) countries such as: the USA, Great Britain, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and goodness knows how many others...

There are always gaps between those cherished ideals and their full realization in a given society, but the desire to realize them is certainly there in virtually any population. It's not a situation unique to the USA, although the Pledge of Allegiance itself is unique, of course.

- LH