On the recordMarch 3, 2010
Well, I think we have had a chance to take a look tonight at what I started out by saying that we are standing as Americans on the edge of an abyss. I recall standing on the rim of the Grand Canyon and seeing a thousand feet of open space in front of me. And in a sense, that's where we stand today, with America perhaps politically poised to push forward using a misuse of a process to force this government takeover of health care down the throats of many, many Americans who do not want to see this take place. This is a very serious moment in American history. I can recall historically there's been other very, very serious moments in American history. The Pilgrims standing on the frozen shore of Plymouth with the dream of creating a new kind of civilization; our President-to-be, President George Washington, on his knees at Valley Forge, praying for his little army. And even old skeptic Ben Franklin at the Constitutional Convention asking for prayer each day. In all of these cases, Americans discovered that in their hour of need they turned to God for his help and his guidance. I believe as we stand on the abyss tonight, for those Americans who are wont to turn to God for answers, that this is a time to be doing that.
