Every dollar the federal government does not take from us, every decision it does not make for us, will make our economy stronger, our lives more abundant, our future more free.

Perhaps no custom reveals our character as a Nation so clearly as our celebration of Thanksgiving Day. Rooted deeply in our Judeo-Christian heritage, the practice of offering thanksgiving underscores our unshakable belief in God as the foundation of our Nation and our firm reliance upon Him from Whom all blessings flow.

We owe this freedom of choice and action to those men and women in uniform who have served this nation and its interests in time of need. In particular, we are forever indebted to those who have given their lives that we might be free.

The size of the federal budget is not an appropriate barometer of social conscience or charitable concern.

One of the traditional methods of imposing statism or socialism on a people has been by way of medicine.

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

To say Congress is spending like drunken sailors is an insult to drunken sailors.