Abraham Lincoln recognized that we could not survive as a free land when some men could decide that others were not fit to be free and should therefore be slaves. Likewise, we cannot survive as a free nation when some men decide that others are not fit to live and should be abandoned to abortion or infanticide.

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

The future doesn't belong to the light-hearted. It belongs to the brave.

The things that unite us-America's past of which we are so proud, our hopes and aspirations for the future of the world and this much loved country-these things far outweigh what little divides us.

The difference between them and us is that we want to check government spending and they want to spend government checks.

We will never disarm any American who seeks to protect his or her family from fear and harm.

Almost all the worlds' constitutions are documents in which governments tell the people what their privileges are. Our Constitution is a document in which We the People tell the government what it is allowed to do. We the People are free.