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" Today, as we look back on the history of our nation and take note of how far we have come as a people, we are reminded that we owe a great debt to those who fought valiantly for the freedoms that we easily take for granted. "

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" Too often, while well-intentioned, our poverty programs fail the poor. They fail them by keeping them in cycles of dependency. "

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" I'll read anything by a guy who spent 40 years in a cave. "

" One of the greatest gifts God ever gave to humanity was that of liberty. We love freedom and bloom under it. We cannot and should not try to force people to live by a certain religious code. To do so negates our free will. "

" A democracy thrives on diversity. Tyranny oppresses it. "

" Consider this: The United States held its first presidential election in 1789. It marked the first peaceful transfer of executive power between parties in the fourth presidential election in 1801, and it took another 200 years' worth of presidential elections before the courts had to settle an election. "

" I think we just need to stick to our knitting on the topics and the subjects the American people care about. "

" Instead of getting angry at somebody for opposing you on something, you're just praying for them. You just pray blessings on them, blessings on their family. "

" As we consider the fast pace of scientific and technological progress in our modern world, we must not lose our moral compass and give way to 'free market eugenics'. "

" We must do everything we can to be more aggressive in confronting Syria about what they are doing in Iraq. "

Sam Brownback

Aggressive

Doing

" An unlimited America was the vision for the nation set forth by our Founding Fathers. It is the vision enshrined in those two great charters of freedom: our Declaration of Independence and our Constitution. Many of America's most intractable problems stem from the fact that we have strayed from that vision - and lost direction. "

" America's a faith-based experiment as a country. We should celebrate and invite faith. And our motto is, 'In God We Trust.' This isn't something that divides; this is something that pulls together and lifts us up. "

" We must take proactive steps to promote democracy and human rights abroad. "

" Unborn children do not have a voice, but they are young members of the human family. It is time to look at the unborn child, and recognize that it is really a young human, who can feel pain and should be treated with care. "

" It is time for the government of China to stop holding innocent religious figures in captivity merely for peacefully protesting China's occupation of Tibet. "

" The growth in ethanol and biodiesel is something that I have worked on since I was secretary of agriculture in Kansas. I would like to see a lot more progress, because I think there is a real score to be made on this. "

" My mother was a union member. She was a mail carrier, a rural mail carrier. She called herself a 'postal packin' grandma' for a good period of time. "

" I would not, under any circumstances, try to impose my personal faith and belief on the rest of the country. I don't think that's right. I don't think that's appropriate. But freedom of religion doesn't mean freedom from religion. And I think that anything we can do to promote the idea that people should express their faith is a good thing. "

" I do not support a North American Union. I disagree fundamentally with that, and I think the United States should be governing itself and not being governed by multilateral unions, the United Nations. "

" I've served on the International Relations Committee. "

Sam Brownback

Committee

International Relations

" I do a number of things working on human rights issues, prison recidivism rates, and then I also push and have worked a lot on the social issues of rebuilding the family. "

" My faith informs everything I think and do. It's part of my value system. "

" I don't think there should be more gun control. I think there should be more education. "

Sam Brownback

Gun

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" I'm a Ronald Reagan conservative, I'm an economic conservative, I'm strong military. But I also voice and speak and work hard on the social issues. "

" My dad farmed, my granddad was a farmer. I wanted to be a farmer. "