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I love the environment, but I'm cheap on the environment.

Politics, Patriotism

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The first ten amendments to the Constitution are known as the Bill of Rights. Amendment I begins: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” The language clearly prohibits the establishment of an official national religion, while at the same time protecting the observance of religion in both private and public spaces. In fact, two of the principal authors of the First Amendment, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, who were also our third and fourth presidents, respectively, both attended church services in the Capitol building, the most public of American spaces. During Jefferson’s presidency, church services were also held in the Treasury building and the Supreme Court. Therefore, these Founding Fathers clearly saw no conflict in opposing the establishment of an official religion while protecting the freedom of religious expression in the public square.

Rediscovering God in America - 2006

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Anyone who thinks the various decisions of the Supreme Court are not adequately worrisome need only look at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to see how far the Left-liberals will go and how domination by secular Left-liberal judges will change America. For example, consider the following Ninth Court decisions: Andrade v. Attorney General of California, (2001): The Ninth Circuit said the California three-strikes law was unconstitional; the Supreme Court reversed it. Summerlin v. Stewart, (2003): The Ninth Circuit ruled that death sentences must be enacted by a jury, and not a judge, and that the ruling applied retroactively, voiding the death sentences of over 100 inmates. The Supreme Court reversed the retroactive ruling. When a court is reversed this often, it clearly fails to meet the “good behavior” test of the Constitution. The good behavior test should be enforced. It wold certainly focus the Ninth Circuit’s attention on survival rather than radicalism.

Winning the Future - 2005

Politics, Patriotism, Legal

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Without Jimmy Carter we might not have gotten Ronald Reagan, without Ronald Reagan there would probably still be a Soviet Union.

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There is a new & growing pattern among the Left-liberal establishment to view foreign opinion & international organizations as more legitimate than American institutions. For example, Justice Ginsberg stated in 2003: “The Court has displayed a steadily growing attentiveness to legal developments in the rest of the world & to the Court’s role in keeping the US in step with them.” In other words, Ginsberg is promising that as elites in other countries impose elitist values on their people, the Supreme Court has the power and the duty to translate their new Left-liberal values on the American people. No more old-fashioned defense of American traditions and American constitutional precedent. Ginsberg quotes approvingly Justice Kennedy’s opinion making same-sex relationships a constitutional right in part out of “respect for the Opinions of Humankind.” The Court emphasized, “The right the petitioners seek in this case has been accepted as an integral part of human freedom in many other countries."

Winning the Future - 2005

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If Thomas Edison invented electric light today, Dan Rather would report it on CBS News as "candle making industry threatened.

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I believe most Americans are pro-choice and anti-abortion.

Conference in Atlanta - 1995

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We have gone from being a strong, self-reliant, vigorous society to a pessimistic one that celebrates soreheads and losers jealous of others’ successes. I came out of my two years of reviewing American history convinced that our first need is to rediscover the values we have lost. In my reading, I found five basic principles that I believe form the heart of our civilization: The common understanding we share about who we are and how we came to be. The ethic of individual responsibility The spirit of entrepreneurial free enterprise The spirit of invention and discovery Pragmatism and the concern for craft and excellence. We stand on the shoulders of Western European civilization, but we are far more futuristic, more populist, and more inclusive. American civilization is not merely a subset of Western Europe’s. We have drawn people and cultures from across the planet and integrated them into an extraordinary shared opportunity to pursue happiness.

To Renew America - 1995

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We believe our children & grandchildren deserve the opportunities our parents & grandparents gave us. [We must address 5 major challenges: 1. Securing America & its Allies by Defeating America’s Enemies, especially the Irreconcilable Wing of Islam & the rogue dictatorships that empower them. 2. Defending God in the Public Square: There is no attack on American culture more deadly & more historically dishonest than the unending war against God in America’s public life. 3. Protecting American Civilization: We should not worry about people who want to come to the US to work hard & become Americans. What should worry us is ensuring that new immigrants learn to be American. 4. Winning in a Global Economy: The challenge of economic competition from China & India will require transformations in litigation, education, taxation, environmental & health policies. 5. Promoting Active Healthy Aging: We need to reform the Medicare & Social Security systems for the 21st Century.

Gingrich Communications website, www.newt.org - 2006

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We must expect liberals to continue to fight us, and where they do so honestly, to respect them for it while continuing to work for our success. If the conservative movement had survived LBJ & Watergate by assuring itself that values were more important than popularity, we can expect the liberals to do no less. After all, they have something tempting to promise people that we do not, namely, the quick fix and the easy buck. Americans are especially tired of the oppressive politically correct culture that has grown up around them. But it is well to remember that temptation is something ever lurking, waiting to exploit human weakness, especially in difficult times. What we have to offer people instead is strength and adventure, the experience of a new level of life-enhancing energy and love of a great country. We have no reason to become distressed - as many members of the House did and as I at some point also did. What we are embarked on is what they call steady work, more than enough for a lifetime.

Lessons Learned the Hard Way - 1998

Politics, Patriotism

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