Freedom and the dignity of the individual have been more available and assured here than in any other place on earth. The price for this freedom at times has been high, but we have never been unwilling to pay the price.

If we get the federal government out of the classroom, maybe we'll get God back in.

Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.

We've been blessed with the opportunity to stand for something - for liberty and freedom and fairness. And these are things worth fighting for, worth devoting our lives to.

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.

Welfare's purpose should be to eliminate, as far as possible, the need for its own existence.

Some people wonder all their lives if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem.