"Carelessly throwing away ageless ideals -- religion, morality, self-restraint -- in the pursuit of unrestrained liberty is imprudent and will contribute to an increasingly broken society.

Efforts to limit the federal government's role to that envisioned by the framers of the Constitution will be championed by a new generation of leaders -- committed to the first principles -- who will emerge from the fifty states.

Government is not only important, but fundamentally necessary to maintain order and protect our rights and property. By limiting government to its core functions -- which at the state and local levels are education, infrastructure and the preservation of the public safety -- government can be a positive force."