according to conscience and principle and nothing else. |
appeal tonight directly to every American. |
Bureaucracies are inherently antidemocratic. Bureaucrats derive their power from their position in the structure, not from their relations with the people they are supposed to serve. The people are not masters of the bureaucracy, but its clients. |
For liberty, we need a respected judiciary. For the sake of preserving our liberty, we need to insist that the courts begin again to deserve the respect from a free people that makes their work possible. Bringing such discipline to the judiciary is, at bottom, a political task. It is one more essential job that only a principled and vigilant citizenry can accomplish. |
He refused to take into account the sensitivity of the black people of South Carolina on that flag. |
I don't think that has to be our choice. ... This party was born in principle. This party will die if it doesn't stand by its decision of principle. |
I don't think the question is whether China should belong to the World Trade Organization. I believe the question is whether the United States should belong to an organization that violates every constitutional principle, |
I frankly don't care if you agree with my stand on abortion. I take that stand because no other stand is consistent with decent principles, and no other standard is consistent with the will of God. |
I have to ask if that is a question that is appropriate to be asked, |
I have to ask if that is an appropriate question to be asked, ... There are things I will tell my priest in the confessional that I am not going to tell you or any other person. |
I know who I'm voting for, and I'm not disclosing that. |
I like you, George |
I think if G.W. Bush or (John) McCain or anybody like them, if they are the nominees, we're gonna get so badly slaughtered we won't even know what hit us because the American people want to see the issues of character and moral integrity addressed. |
I think it will indicate that there are a lot of people in Iowa and around the country who will believe in the message of moral principles. |
I wish I could applaud all of you in the media for such fairness, ... But I certainly can't. |