Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for yielding, and thank you for your leadership on this most fundamental, most basic of issues. You think about the folks who started this place, this experiment in freedom we call America. In Europe they said you have to practice your faith a certain way. And they said, No, we don't, and we're willing to risk it all. We'll get on a boat and risk everything and practice our faith the way we think the good Lord wants us to. And they did. They risked everything to come here for that fundamental principle. This experiment in freedom we call America, the greatest nation in history, was founded on that simple, yet basic and profound principle. The document that started it all--it's probably been talked about, I haven't been here for the whole hour--but the document that started it all, the Declaration of Independence: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights. The document that started this experiment in freedom started with this simple concept that there is a Creator, and that's where we derive our rights from. Not gifts from government, not grants from government, but gifts from the Creator. Gifts from God. And here's why this is so important: because this attack on this basic and most fundamental principle is not isolated. Think about what we are witnessing in this country today regarding so many of your liberties.…”