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Actually "redress" grievances.

Created by B.Y. on November 14, 2012

Amendment 1 of the U.S. Constitution states.
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a **redress of grievances.**"

The defenition of redress is.
(Verb) Remedy or set right an undesireable or unfair situation.
(Noun) Remedy or compensation for a wrong or grievance.

Declaration of Independence.
" In every stage of these Oppressions we have ***Petitioned for Redress*** in the most humble Terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated Injury. A Prince, whose Character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the Ruler of a free People. "

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