Presidential Wisdom
Length: 2:10
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Most of these presidential quotations were not made with abortion in mind, but they all have much to bear on the historic injustice of elective abortion.
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"The administration of justice is the firmest pillar of government."
George Washington
"The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government."
Thomas Jefferson
"We are trying to construct a more inclusive society. We are going to make a country in which no one is left out."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Too often… we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought."
John F. Kennedy
"A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both."
Dwight D. Eisenhower
"Important principles may, and must, be inflexible."
Abraham Lincoln
"No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expedience."
Theodore Roosevelt
"Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
"There's no tragedy in life like the death of a child."
Dwight D. Eisenhower
"This is our first task as a society: keeping our children safe. This is how we will be judged."
Barack Obama
"Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest."
George Washington
"To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical."
Thomas Jefferson
"To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men."
Abraham Lincoln
"We look forward to working with Congress… to [protect] America's most valuable asset—our children."
Barack Obama
"I've noticed that everybody that is for abortion has already been born."
Ronald Reagan
