We still believe in the America that is a land of opportunity and a beacon of freedom. We believe in the America that challenges each of us to be better and bigger than ourselves.

And let me make this very clear - unlike President Obama I will not raise taxes on the middle class. As president I will protect the sanctity of life. I will honor the institution of marriage. And I will guarantee America's first liberty: the freedom of religion.

They won't break me because the desire for freedom and the freedom of the Irish people is in my heart. The day will dawn when all the people of Ireland will have the desire for freedom to show. It is then that we will see the rising of the moon.

A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the will's freedom after it.

We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres or a little money and yet for the freedom and command of the whole earth and for the great benefits of our being our life health and reason we look upon ourselves as under no obligation.

You don't have freedom because you are a hyphenated American you have freedom because you are an individual and that should be protected.

Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.

History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.

Religious freedom opens a door for Americans that is closed to too many others around the world. But whether we walk through that door and what we do with our lives after we do is up to us.

Ultimately America's answer to the intolerant man is diversity the very diversity which our heritage of religious freedom has inspired.