Ted Yoho: “If I may add to one of your comments, because you brought up the philosophers Locke and Howe, philosophers of old, when…”

“If I may add to one of your comments, because you brought up the philosophers Locke and Howe, philosophers of old, when we look at the American period of time--227 years, roughly, the U.S. Constitution and a constitutional Republic as a country have been in existence, the longest time a republic has been in existence--when you go back to the beginning of human recorded history to today and you look at the American period where we are at today, it is but a dot on that timeline. Yet that dot represents the largest middle class that has ever been allowed to happen. It is the first time there have been property rights that you can have and the right to pursue life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. It is only possible because we had a Constitution that preserved those rights. So I would think we could all come together and protect those rights for the next generation, for the posterity of this Nation. I would like to see if you had any thoughts on that, and then I will close.”