I Was Going To Have An Opening

Concentrated Power Has Always Been The Enemy Of Liberty.

The . . . Inescapable Truth Is: Government Does Not Have All The Answers. In Too Many Instances, Government Does Not Solve Problems; It Subsidizes Them.

I Deplore The Tendency, In Some Institutions, To Go Directly Toward Training For A Trade Or Profession Or Something And Ignoring The Liberal Arts. It Is The Foundation Of Education.

Our Enemies May Be Irrational, Even Outright Insane, Driven By Nationalism, Religion, Ethnicity Or Ideology. They Do Not Fear The United States For Its Diplomatic Skills Or The Number Of Automobiles And Software Programs It Produces. They Respect Only The Firepower Of Our Tanks, Planes And Helicopter Gunships.

Our Principles Were Revolutionary. We Began As A Small, Weak Republic. But We Survived. Our Example Inspired Others, Imperfectly At Times, But It Inspired Them Nevertheless. This Constitutional Republic, Conceived In Liberty And Dedicated To The Proposition That All Men Are Created Equal, Prospered And Grew Strong. To This Day, America Is Still The Abiding Alternative To Tyranny. That Is Our Purpose In The World - Nothing More And Nothing Less.