"I cannot project the degree of hatred required to make those women run around in crusades against abortion. Hatred is what they certainly project, not love for the embryos, which is a piece of nonsense no one could experience, but hatred, a virulent hatred for an unnamed object...Their hatred is directed against human beings as such, against the mind, against reason, against ambition, against success, against love, against any value that brings happiness to human life. In compliance with the dishonesty that dominates today's intellectual field, they call themselves "pro-life"."
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"It is my desire, by my presence and with my words, to pay tribute to your tireless work in defending and fostering the inviolability of innocent and defenseless human life from the moment of conception until the moment of natural death."
"The right to life does not depend, and must not be declared to be contingent, on the pleasure of anyone else, not even a parent or sovereign."
"... our interests and our conscience compel us to act on behalf of those who long for freedom. And we must be a source of hope to the poor, the sick, the marginalized, the victims of prejudice."
"[I]t seems to me as clear as daylight that abortion would be a crime."
"Any country that accepts abortion is the poorest of the poor"
"Basil..discovered a guild of abortionists, or sagae, that were doing a booming trade in Caesarea, and the surrounding environs. They provided herbal potions, pessaries, and even surgical remedies for women who wished to avoid child-bearing. The bodies of the children were then harvested and sold to cosmetologists in Egypt, who used the collagen for the manufacture of various beauty creams."
"You and I, as citizens, have the obligation to shape the debates of our time, not only with the votes we cast, but the voices we lift in defense of our most ancient values and enduring ideas."
"Some may still deny the overwhelming judgment of science."
"I'm very proud of my pro-life record, and I've always adopted the idea that, the position that the method of conception doesn't change the definition of life."
"If you're black and you oppose a progressive agenda, and you're pro life, and you're pro family, then they do not even know what to call you. You end up on some watch list for extremists."
"Our journey is not complete until all our children... know that they are cared for and cherished and always safe from harm."
"Not out of mere charity, but because peace in our time requires the constant advance of those principles that our common creed describes; tolerance and opportunity, human dignity and justice."
"We, the people, still believe that every citizen deserves a basic measure of security and dignity."
"For history tells us that while these truths may be self-evident, they've never been self-executing. That while freedom is a gift from God, it must be secured by his people here on earth."
"I'm as pro-life as a person gets. You're not going to have a truce."
"I'm pro-life, in the sense that chaos seems like life to me and order seems like death."
"If Senator Obama becomes pro-life then I'll consider giving him my vote."
"Primaries are a family fight. I'm a pro-free enterprise, pro-Second Amendment, pro-life Republican."