Abortion is advocated only by persons who have themselves been born.

Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is April 15.

It's been written that the most sublime figure in American history was George Washington on his knees in the snow at Valley Forge. He personified a people who knew that it was not enough to depend on their own courage and goodness, that they must also seek help from God - their Father and preserver. Where did we begin to lose sight of that noble beginning, of our conviction that standards of right and wrong do exist and must be lived up to? Do we really think that we can have it both ways, that God will protect us in a time of crisis even as we turn away from him in our day-to-day life?

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

If I'd gotten the job I wanted at Montgomery Ward, I suppose I would never have left Illinois.

If we look to the answer as to why for so many years we achieved so much, prospered as no other people on earth, it was because here in this land we unleashed the energy and individual genius of man to a greater extent than has ever been done before. 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 that price.

To this day, America is still the abiding alternative to tyranny. This is our purpose in the world, nothing more and nothing less.