Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman from New Jersey and all of our colleagues here tonight for standing for the sanctity of every human life. Mr. Speaker, I was born on January 30, 1972, 357 days before Roe v. Wade became the law of the land. Before I came to Congress, for almost 20 years, I defended religious freedom and the sanctity of human life in the courts and the court of public opinion. We often summarized our conviction on this issue by stating, very simply, what I have said in this Chamber now many times, that this is part of the very foundation of our Republic. It was the British philosopher, G.K. Chesterton, who said one time: ``America is the only nation in the world that is founded on a creed.'' He said that creed is articulated with ``theological lucidity in the Declaration of Independence.'' What is the creed? We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal and that they were endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights. Among these are the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The Founders understood that this is essential to who we are as Americans, but, more fundamentally than that, who we are as human beings. They understood that because we are made in the imagine of a holy God, every single person has inestimable dignity and value.…”