The United States Congress enacted the joint resolution of Aug. 2, 1956, requesting the President to designate a week in September each year as
”Constitution Week.” This year President Reagan designated the week of Sept. 14 for this purpose.
Congress acted wisely and well, in keeping with the national spirit, in keeping with tradition.
Nowhere else on Earth is there so great a sense of political security as here, where the causes of freedom enternally prevail. Americans–old and new, native-born and naturalized–reap the blessings of our constitutional course, providing justice and equality in a larger sense and on a broader scale than anywhere else on Earth.
Particularly in this time of constitutional stress it is my hope that many Americans will take the time to read through this inspiring document again, in order that we may more clearly comprehend the great heritage of individual freedoms bequeathed to us by it, and in order that we may preserve these freedoms for all generations to come.
