…We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed…

Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence, 1776

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal…
…It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address, 1863

…If we lose freedom here, there's no place to escape to. This is the last stand on earth…

…This is the issue of this election: Whether we believe in our capacity for self-government or whether we abandon the American revolution and confess that a little intellectual elite in a far-distant capitol can plan our lives for us better than we can plan them ourselves. You and I are told increasingly we have to choose between a left or right. Well I'd like to suggest there is no such thing as a left or right…

Ronald Reagan, A Time for Choosing Speech, 1964, https://youtu.be/_VBtCMTPveA?si=y1kd4TZDBqveU9Nu

you have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, as long as it isn’t taken from someone else.

The path to prosperity for all is to reward those that create by helping them keep as much of what they create as possible.

We can help those in need without enabling the self destructive behaviours that created their need.

Government programs fail because they must always take more from the people than any benefit they provide due to overhead, waste and fraud.

Individuals should be prosecuted for the crimes they commit, not the tools or targets of those crimes.

Socialism is not the opposite of Capitalism, It is the opposite of Freedom. the same elitist beliefs that justified slavery now justify socialism. the chains may no longer be made of iron, but chains of dependency are just as binding.