There were so many candidates on the platform that there were not enough promises to go around.

Entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States.

Two visions of the world remain locked in dispute. The first believes all men are created equal by a loving God who has blessed us with freedom. The second vision believes that religion is opium for the masses. It believes that eternal principles like truth, liberty, and democracy have no meaning beyond the whim of the state. And [Vladimir] Lenin spoke for them.

Now I realize it's fashionable in some circles to believe that no one in government should encourage others to read the Bible. That we're told we'll violate the constitutional separation of church and state established by the Founding Fathers and the First Amendment. The First Amendment was not written to protect people and their laws from religious values. It was written to protect those values from government tyranny.

. . . Government should do only those things the people cannot do for themselves.

They've done away with those committees. That shows the success of what the Soviets were able to do in this country.

Today, the world looks to America for leadership. And America looks to its Corps of Marines.