Political Quotes

“I thank my friend, Chris Smith, for his long work in this endeavor. This past Monday, our country observed Martin Luther King Day. I had the privilege of participating back home in some events honoring Dr. King. While reflecting on Dr. King's legacy at one of the events, I recalled decades ago when I first read the letter from the Birmingham jail. Dr. King explained there are two types of laws: just and unjust. Dr. King asked: What is the difference between the two? He answered that a just law is a man-made code that squares with the moral law or the law of God. An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the moral law. To put it in the terms of St. Thomas Aquinas, Dr. King said: an unjust law is a human law that is not rooted in eternal law and natural law. Defending the natural law principles of the Declaration of Independence is one of the reasons I ran for Congress. The first right listed in the Declaration is the God-given right to life. {time} 2000 This Friday marks the 45th anniversary of one of the most somber days in our country's history: the day that the Supreme Court issued Roe v. Wade. Associate Justice Byron White called this decision an exercise in ``raw judicial power,'' as the court invented a right to abortion that wiped out the laws of all 50 States. To echo the words from Dr.…”