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The Separation Of Church And State Can Sometimes Be Frustrating For Women And Men Of Deep Religious Faith. They May Be Tempted To Misuse Government In Order To Impose A Value Which They Cannot Persuade Others To Accept. But Once We Succumb To That Temptation, We Step Onto A Slippery Slope Where Everyone's Freedom Is At Risk.

I Believe That Religious Witness Should Not Mobilize Public Authority To Impose A View Where A Decision Is Inherently Private In Nature Or Where People Are Deeply Divided About Whether It Is... Americans Are Plainly And Persistently Divided About Abortion And The Fiat Of Government Cannot Settle The Issue As A Matter Of Conscience Or Of Conduct.

For All My Years In Public Life, I Have Believed That America Must Sail Toward The Shores Of Liberty And Justice For All. There Is No End To That Journey, Only The Next Great Voyage. We Know The Future Will Outlast All Of Us, But I Believe That All Of Us Will Live On In The Future We Make.

Our Commitment To This Founding Principle Is Especially Relevant Today. Americans Are United As Rarely Before In Compassion And Generosity For Our Fellow Citizens Whose Lives Have Been Devastated By Hurricane Katrina. The Powerful Winds And Floodwater Of Katrina Tore Away The Mask That Has Hidden From Public View The Many Americans Who Are Left Out And Left Behind.

We Should Strengthen Our Immigration Laws To Prevent The Importation Of Foreign Wages And Working Conditions. We Should Make It Illegal For Employers To Lay Off Americans And Then Fill Their Jobs By Bringing In Workers From Overseas. Any U.s. Employer Who Wishes To Hire From Abroad - Even For Temporary Jobs - Should Have To Recruit U.s. Workers First. And We Should End The Unskilled Immigration That Competes With Young Americans Just Entering The Job Market.