When our Founding Fathers passed the First Amendment, they sought to protect churches from government interference. They never intended to construct a wall of hostility between government and the concept of religious belief itself.
We who live in free market societies believe that growth, prosperity and ultimately human fulfillment, are created from the bottom up, not the government down.
The family has always been the cornerstone of American society. Our families nurture, preserve, and pass on to each succeeding generation the values we share and cherish, values that are the foundation of our freedoms.
May all of you as Americans never forget your heroic origins, never fail to seek Divine guidance, and never lose your natural God-given optimism.
Words are even more feeble on this Memorial Day, for the sight before us is that of a strong and good nation that stands in silence and remembers those who were loved and who, in return, loved their countrymen enough to die for them.
I’m convinced that today the majority of Americans want what those first Americans wanted: A better life for themselves and their children; a minimum of government authority.
We are forever indebted to those who have given their lives that we might be free.
Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is April 15.
America is the moral force that defeated communism and all those who would put the human soul itself into bondage.
We must have faith in the people of this country and faith in our principles.
Perhaps no custom reveals our character as a Nation so clearly as our celebration of Thanksgiving Day.
The American dream is not that every man must be level with every other man. The American dream is that every man must be free to become whatever God intends he should become.
I believe no challenge is more important to the character of America than restoring the right to life to all human beings.
Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.
We’re in greater danger today than we were the day after Pearl Harbor. Our military is absolutely incapable of defending this country.
Our National Motto – ‘In God We Trust’ – was not chosen lightly. It reflects a basic recognition that there is a divine authority in the universe to which this nation owes homage.
The price of freedom may be high, but never so costly as the loss of freedom.
Families cannot prosper and keep America strong if government becomes a Goliath that preys upon their wealth, usurps their rights, and crushes their spirit.
With freedom comes responsibility, a responsibility that can only be met by the individual.
Let us renew our faith that as free men and women we still have the power to better our lives.