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Show Qovemor Declares Week Of September 8 Dialogue On Freedom Week In Utah I Governor Michael 0. Leavitt has declared the week of September 8 I i Unfortunately, today and throughout world history, the battleground is often the place where political decisions are made. Registering to Vote t the power to change governments is in the right witnessed in the last presidential election, every vote is critical, and we as a nation go to great lengths to assure the integrity of the ballot and the rule of law. If the following locations: County Clerk's Office. You can register in person in your county clerk's office at any time. In America, to vote. As we in 4- - and lives are lost 4 By Mail. You can submit your voter registration application by mail. Print an application from www.elections.utah.gov tovote.html and mail it to your county clerk. By mail voter registration forms are also available in the phone book, and at other sites, such as post offices and libraries. you are eligible to vote, please exercise your franchise. 4 Driver License and State Agency Offices. Voter registration forms are available at Utah Driver License Offices and agencies d assistance to the that offer public assistance and Eligibility Requirements for Registering to Vote in Utah must meet the following requirements An individual in Be a citizen of at least 18 to set 4 Satellite Registration Locations. Each county is required up satellite voter registration locations. For information engage lawyers together with representatives from the State's executive, legislative and judicial branches about our democratic system of government and the freedoms we enjoy. "You know Franklin D. Roosevelt Forbid it, Almighty God! I at know not and that the preservation of our rights demands that we fulfill I tie our responsibilities as good citizens." unalienable Rights, that among these are pursuit of Happiness Patrick Henry Liberty and the of Independence can do for you - ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but me death!" Address, January 20, of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth." - Gettysburg Address no mistake: bless. 5 Thomas Jefferson ..." Declaration Life, what together we can do for the freedom of man." - Inaugural 4. "The resolve of our great nation is being tested. But make -- We will September "We hold show the world that we will pass this test. God 11, 2001 these truths to be 1961 7m "If you seek peace, Union Mr. you seek prosperity for ttie Soviet you seek liberalization: Come here to Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down' and Eastern Europe, this gate! if if this wall!" - Brandenburg Gate, West Berlin, Germany, June 8. "We must remember that any oppression, any hatred, 9 is a wedge designed that created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator all men are with certain any injustice, to attack our civilization." "I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream and, if America is to be a great nation, this must become true. Let freedom ring from every hill mountainside, let freedom ring. self-evide- 12, 1987 -- 1963 8 T .... From every Answers: S '6 (Ett m) 1 1 9 (2 m) ' m) (in : The Utah State Bar thanks these sponsors for their generous support of Dialogue on Freedom. CLYDE SNOW SESSIONS & SWENSON PARSONS, DAVIES, KINGIIOKN & lKTKKS VAN RAY QUINNKY 4 N KB IK DUKHAN IR JO FI Snell & Wilmer N N I'llIT, AAlil IV. rtllNUAl.l. a Url'AIINV Ballard II I SLCBA Spahr Andrews & IOAI INGERSOLL. LLP nAIITKIAl.lAWVI-K- L.L.P. LAW OFFICES IJfrW.NNI P. WORKMAN BRANDT TsJYDEGSER MILLER & SEELEY Real Property Section RIVES F mp bi A! MUNI A I I AW NELSON MBKR Young Lawyers Division STOEL KINO A IM.SEN RICHARDS ITIMk ("ASIAN ft Cl;Nm N,N Estate Planning Section Litigation Section Southern Utah Bar Associat ion Cache County Bar Association What place in the world most reminds you of your freedom? J. Martinez, Bob Garfl, Businessman Abigail Adams, 11th Grade Chris and I found ourselves in Poland betwnd the Iron Curtam" without proper visas in the 1960's. Guns, tanks and troops impeded our desire to return home. We discovered "genuine human freedom is inner freedom, given to us by God ... freedom to decide upon our own acts. ..as well as moral responsibility of them." (Alexander Solzhenitsyn) We learned that freedom does not reside in one place but that we must look within to discover freedom from fear, hate, selfishness and The places in the world where I feel there is the most freedom are The only place in the world that reminds me of my freedom is the United universities that are built upon the principle of the free exchange of ideas. All are encouraged to learn and challenge others' ideas and to come up with their own. A university setting is one where all should be free to express their ideas, without fear. Not all win agree, but each person is respected for his opinions and beliefs. Universities are the ultimate place for expressing and exercising freedoms of all kinds. States of America. I can sleep peacefully and get up in the morning and listen to the birds sing and not the sound of guns going off in the distance. It's the only place in the world where our children and grandchildren can attend schools peacefully. I love this country because I have freedom of speech, religion and freedom to manage my life as I was My wife self-pit- pride. O 6. "And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government Bush we send to our children what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give resolve that the dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation, W. greater message can JlffiliR upon this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equaL.We here highly George underscoring the importance of civic participation, the Governor stated, "What 3. "Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth Martin Luther King, Jr. lead discussions with students part in the Dialogue on Freedom program. 2002 General Election - November 5, 2002 the price of chains or slavery? , will Governor encourages Utah families and community leaders to take 2. "Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased Jobnr.Kamedy discussions about the rule of law and our civic traditions. Utah world, that being an American is more than a matter of where your parents came from. It is a belief that all men are created free and equal and that everyone deserves an even break." RonaM Reagan in Date of General Election 1. Harry S. Truman Utah's secondary schools will understand and m Abraham Lincoln Utah State Bar in which students in www.utah.govovr years old on or before the next election. m educational effort sponsored by the than to proclaim that our democratic society is the greatest in the 4 Online. Voter registration is available online at: election. recognizes the unprecedented In the United States. at least 30 days before the as "Dialogue on Freedom disabled. about satellite locations, call your county clerk. Be a resident of Utah for 4 Be state-funde- order to register to vote in Utah: 14 week in Utah. 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