Think of what happened after 9/11, the minute before there was any assessment, there was glee in the administration because now we can invade Iraq, and so the war drums beat.

Let it not be said that no one cared, that no one objected once it’s realized that our liberties and wealth are in jeopardy.

Close Dept. of Education, but don't dismantle public schools.

Failure of government programs prompts more determined effort, while the loss of liberty is ignored or rationalized away...whether is it is the war on poverty, drugs, terrorism...or the current Hitler of the day, an appeal to patriotism is used to convince the people that a little sacrifice of liberty, here or there, is a small price to pay...The results, though, are frightening and will soon become even more so.

When we give government the power to make medical decisions for us, we, in essence, accept that the state owns our bodies.

Mr. Speaker, I once again find myself compelled to vote against the annual budget resolution for a very simple reason: it makes government bigger.

The Founders warned that a free society depends on a virtuous and moral people. The current crisis reflects that their concerns were justified.