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Liberty Medal Recipients
1992 |
Thurgood Marshall
"Thurgood Marshalls long history of defending and protecting individual rights and our nations liberties under the Constitution and securing legal equality for Americans of all races and creeds make him a magnificent choice for this years Philadelphia Liberty Medal"
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1991 |
Dr. Oscar Arias
"Oscar Arias Sanchez is the most persuasive advocate in all of Latin America for peace, for democracy and for development...He is an heir to Simon Bolivar and Bolivars predecessors, and a vital contributor to that heritage of liberty. He has a secure place in that pantheon of heroes and visionaries who gave, and give, of their minds, their spirits and sometimes their very lives in the pursuit of liberty"
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Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders)
"In the score of years they have functioned, Médecins Sans Frontières and its missions have ranged across over sites, from Peru in South America, to Cambodia in Southeast Asia. Their premise that human freedom and the human spirit are inseparable from the well being of the human body echoes the beliefs of the 200-year-old Bill of Rights by including in its charter a Bill of Duties and Responsibilities. We salute them for their outstanding contributions to human well-being"
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1990 |
Jimmy Carter
"President Jimmy Carter...has demonstrated among his other virtues that liberty is internalized within him in his mind, in his heart, in his soul, and in the use of his time and his immense energy. Liberty is both a means and an end. It flourishes best in those cultures in which leaders like Carter are models of loyalty, faith and honesty, and persuasive advocates of other moral principles"
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1989 |
Lech Walesa
The movement for human liberty, like all great religious, social, cultural, economic and political movements, has its set of saints, its hagiology. Lech Walesa of Poland illuminates the constellation of saints devoted to liberty. We hope and expect that this award from this city, which over 200 years ago lit a large lamp of liberty for the United States and the globe, will add to your strength
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