Our first responsibility is not to ourselves. Our first responsibility is to our country and to our God.
About Alan Keyes
Alan Lee Keyesis an American politician, political scientist, and perennial candidate who served as the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs from 1985 to 1987. A member of the Republican Party, Keyes sought the nomination for President of the United States in 1996, 2000, and 2008.
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The income tax is a twentieth-century socialist experiment that has failed. Before the income tax was imposed on us just 80 years ago, government had no claim to our income. Only sales, excise, and tariff taxes were allowed.
American politician (born 1950)
It’s about time we all faced up to the truth. If we accept the radical homosexual agenda, be it in the military or in marriage or in other areas of our lives, we are utterly destroying the concept of family.
American politician (born 1950)
Christ would not vote for Barack Obama, because Barack Obama has voted to behave in a way that it is inconceivable for Christ to have behaved.
American politician (born 1950)
We need to get rid of the 16th amendment, and return to the original system that funds government with a variety of tariffs and duties.
American politician (born 1950)
Our first responsibility is not to ourselves. Our first responsibility is to our country and to our God.
American politician (born 1950)
I frankly don’t care if you agree with my stand on abortion. I take that stand because no other stand is consistent with decent principles, and no other standard is consistent with the will of God.
American politician (born 1950)
Bureaucracies are inherently antidemocratic. Bureaucrats derive their power from their position in the structure, not from their relations with the people they are supposed to serve. The people are not masters of the bureaucracy, but its clients.
American politician (born 1950)
When we, through our educational culture, through the media, through the entertainment culture, give our children the impression that human beings cannot control their passions, we are telling them, in effect, that human beings cannot be trusted with freedom.
American politician (born 1950)
One individual doesn’t really accept the pro-life position of the party, and the other… says he supports it and takes a position that is logically inconsistent.
American politician (born 1950)
I don’t think that has to be our choice… This party was born in principle. This party will die if it doesn’t stand by its decision of principle.
American politician (born 1950)
We must take away the government’s credit card. With limits on both tax revenue and borrowing, the Federal government would finally be forced to get serious about spending cuts.
American politician (born 1950)
The flag that was the symbol of slavery on the high seas for a long time was not the Confederate battle flag, it was sadly the Stars and Stripes.
American politician (born 1950)