Political Quotes

“My colleague from Minnesota, I appreciate the question, but I particularly appreciate the recitation of the preamble, and I grabbed my pocket Constitution here that I have been bringing up various points through the night. And the line that I have highlighted here from some previous time was: ``And secure the blessings of liberty.'' Secure the blessings of liberty. You know, psychologists may say there is a hierarchy of needs: You need food. You need water. You need shelter. But we are Americans, and I can tell you liberty is at the top of this list. The idea that I can't say what I want, the idea that a private university can't teach what it wants, the idea that a private law firm can't provide its contributions to the legal help to the nonprofits it wants to provide help to--it goes on and on about the compression of liberty. People around the world have come here, dreaming of liberty. They have seen Lady Liberty with her torch held high, welcoming people from around the world, where you may be oppressed back home, but you come to this shore. And you can say what you want. You can worship as you want. You can have your company operate within the law, making its own decisions, without government oppression. And suddenly all of that is being challenged.…”