I read American sagas (of the west) and I do not see people who went in search of material things. I see people who wrote down that what they sought was an escape from an old world which dictated their conscience and established their merit based on who their parents.

If we accept the logic of the Declaration, reverence for God is not just a matter of religious faith, it is the foundation of justice and citizenship in our republic.

I accept the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate, to represent the State of Illinois.

Anything the government gives you is just another link in the chains that destroy your liberty.

Christians belong in American politics because there is not and cannot be a fundamental separation between our moral vocation and our citizenship.

It is not for us to calculate our victory or fear our defeat, but to do our duty and leave the rest in God's hands.

Nothing is so opportune for tyrants as a people tired of its liberty.