It has sustained me in moments of success and in moments of disappointment. Without it, I’d be a different person. And without it, I doubt I’d be here today.
Our plan will not favor religious institutions over nonreligious institutions. As president, I’m interested in what is constitutional and I’m interested in what works.
We have set out to promote the work of community and faith-based charities. Government cannot be replaced by charities, but it can welcome them as partners instead of resenting them as rivals.
It is one of the great goals of my administration to invigorate the spirit of involvement and citizenship. We will encourage faith-based and community programs without changing their mission.
And this is my solemn pledge: I will work to build a single nation of justice and opportunity. I know this is in our reach because we are guided by a power larger than ourselves who creates us equal in His image.
Together, we will reclaim America’s schools, before ignorance and apathy claim more young lives.
And some needs and hurts are so deep they will only respond to a mentor’s touch or a pastor’s prayer. Church and charity, synagogue and mosque, lend our communities their humanity, and they will have an honored place in our plans and laws.
In every instance when my administration sees a responsibility to help people, we will look first to faith-based institutions, to charities and to community groups that have shown their ability to save and change lives.
We will keep a commitment to pluralism and not discriminate for or against Methodist or Mormons or Muslims or good people with no faith at all.
I don’t see how we can allow public dollars to fund programs where spite and hate is the core of the message. Louis Farrakhan preaches hate.
I believe God did create the world. And I think we’re finding out more and more and more as to how it actually happened.
We need to have mentoring programs energized by government, paid for by government, but who exist not because of government. Teen Challenge is a way to get people off drugs and alcohol. Teen Challenge is a faith-based program that changes people’s hearts.
Our priorities is our faith.
We will allow private and religious groups to compete to provide services in every federal, state and local social program.
Our new faith-based laws have removed government as a roadblock to people of faith who hear the call.
I understand religion is a walk, it’s a journey. And I fully recognize that I’m a sinner, just like you.
Most of you probably didn’t know that I have a new book out. Some guy put together a collection of my wit and wisdom – or, as he calls it, my accidental wit and wisdom. But I’m kind of proud that my words are already in book form.
We’re fighting people that hates our values. They can’t stand what America stands for.
We’re now interested in finding those who may attack America and arrest them before they do. We’ve had over nearly a thousand people have been detained in America and questioned about their motives and their intentions.
As I mentioned we have arrested or detained over 1,000 people here in America to determine to find out what they know.