"Ours is the party which introduced the spirit of humanity into our law, as we outlawed child labor and the sweatshop, insured bank deposits, protected millions of home owners and farmers from foreclosure, and established national social security."
"Ours is the party under which this nation before Pearl Harbor gave aid and strength to those countries which were holding back the Nazi and Fascist tide."
"We declared in 1944 that the imperative duty of the United States was to wage the war to final triumph and to join with the other United Nations in the establishment of an international organization for the prevention of aggression and the maintenance of international peace and security."
"Under the leadership of a Democratic President, the United States has demonstrated its friendship for other peace loving nations and its support of their freedom and independence. "
"Under the Truman doctrine vital aid has been extended to China, to Greece, and to Turkey. "
"adequate financing for the school lunch program;"
"the use of agricultural surpluses to improve the diet of low income families in case of need;"
"We recognize the importance of small business in a sound American economy. "
"Our natural resources are the heritage of all our people and must not be permitted to become the private preserves of monopoly."
"The irrigation of arid land, the establishment of new, independent, competitive business and the stimulation of new industrial opportunities for all of our people depends upon the development and transmission of electric energy in accordance with the program and the projects so successfully launched under Democratic auspices during the past sixteen years."
"The Democratic Party is responsible for the great civil rights gains made in recent years in eliminating unfair and illegal discrimination based on race, creed or color,"
"Housing can best be supplied and financed by private enterprise; "
"Lynching or any other form of mob violence anywhere is a disgrace to any civilized state, and we favor the prompt enactment of legislation to end this infamy."
"it was vindicated on the field of battle and became the cornerstone of this Republic. "
"We dedicate our foreign policy to the preservation of a free America in a free world of free men."
"We will foster and cherish our historic policy of friendship with China and assert our deep interest in the maintenance of its integrity and freedom."
"We shall say what we mean and mean what we say. "
"In all of these things we shall primarily consult the national security and welfare of our own United States."
"The free choice of the Democratic Party by the people of America as the instrument to achieve that purpose will mean world peace with honor, national security based on collective pacts with other free nations, and a high level of human dignity. "
"Democratic policies and programs rescued American agriculture from the economic consequences of blight, drought, flood and storm, from oppressive and indiscriminate foreclosures, and from the ruinous conditions brought about by the bungling incompetence and neglect of the preceding twelve years of Republican maladministration."
"Unemployment is now less than 3 per cent of the labor force, compared with almost 25 per cent in 1932. "
"We support measures for the relief and reintegration of the Palestine refugees, and we pledge continued assistance to the reintegration program voted by the General Assembly of the United Nations in January 1952."
"This Nation has taken the leadership in proposing concrete, practical plans for such a system. "
"We vigorously oppose any restrictive policies which would weaken the highly successful reciprocal trade program fathered by Cordell Hull."
" Every improvement in the status of the worker has helped both farmers and business."
"To prevent this from resulting in ruinous inflation, the Administration proposed pay as we go taxation to keep the national debt as low as possible and ' to prevent excess money pressure on scarce goods and services."
"But we will not imperil our Nation's security by making reckless promises to reduce taxes. "
"We deplore irresponsible assertions that national security can be achieved without paying for it."
"The soil resources of our country have been conserved and strengthened through the Soil Conservation Service, the Agricultural Conservation Program, the Forestry and the Research programs, with their incentives to increased production through sound conservation farming. "
"The agricultural adjustment programs encourage the production of abundant supplies while enabling producers to keep supply in line with consumer demand, preventing wide fluctuations and bringing stability to the agricultural income of the Nation. "
"We deplore the fact that the Taft Hartley Act provides an inadequate and unfair means of meeting with national emergency situations. "
"We favor the acceleration of all such projects, including construction of transmission facilities to load centers for wider and more equitable distribution of electric energy at the lowest cost to the consumer with continuing preference to public agencies and REA Cooperatives."
"Great farming areas, particularly of the Midwest and West, are in acute need of low cost commercial fertilizers. "
"We subscribe to the principles of the Stockpiling Act and will lend our efforts to strengthening and expanding its provisions and those of the Defense Production Act to meet our military and civilian needs. "
"We pledge continued support for Federal aid to hospital construction."
"We advocate the strongest penalties against those who try to exert improper influence, and against any who may yield to it."
"Selective service, Social Security, Agricultural Adjustment, Low Rent Housing, Hospital, and many other legislative programs have placed major responsibilities in States and counties and provide fine examples of how benefits can be extended through Federal State cooperation."
"They should have equal opportunities for education, for economic advancement, and for decent living conditions."
"We will continue our efforts to eradicate discrimination based on race, religion or national origin."
"We also favor legislation to perfect existing Federal civil rights statutes and to strengthen the administrative machinery for the protection of civil rights."
"He has voluntarily submitted to government because, only by the establishment of just laws, and the power to enforce those laws, can an orderly life be maintained, full and equal opportunity for all be established, and the blessings of liberty be perpetuated."
"We charge that they have disrupted internal tranquillity by fostering class strife for venal political purposes."
"Thus they substituted on our Pacific flank a murderous enemy for an ally and friend."
"The American people must now decide whether to continue in office the party which has presided over this disastrous reversal of our fortunes and the loss of our hopes for a peaceful world."
"Our nation will become again the dynanamic, moral and spiritual force which was the despair of despots and the hope of the oppressed. "
"We shall see that our fighting men in Korea, or wherever they may be, shall not lack the best of weapons or other supplies or services needed for their welfare."
"A Republican President will appoint only persons of unquestioned loyalty. "
"There is scarcely a phase of our economic and social life today in which Government does not attempt to interfere."
"We will maintain special committees in Congress whose chief function will be to study and review continuously the problems of small business and recommend legislation for their relief. "
"We will oppose Federal rent control except in those areas where the expansion of defense production has been accompanied by critical housing shortages."
"Only with a sound economy can we properly carry out both the domestic and foreign policies which we advocate. "
"3. A thorough revision and codification of the present hodge podge of internal revenue laws."
"A prosperous agriculture with free and independent farmers is fundamental to the national interest."
"We brand as unscrupulous the Administration's manipulation of grain markets during the 1948 election campaign to drive down farm prices, and its deliberate misrepresentation of laws passed by the Republican 80th Congress, which authorized a long range farm price support program and provided for adequate grain storage."
"We condemn as a fraud on both the farmer and the consumer the Brannan plan scheme to pay direct subsidies from the Federal Treasury in lieu of prices to producers."
"The Federal Government and State and local governments should continuously plan programs of economically justifiable public works."
" Sixty million persons are covered under the system and four and one half million are now receiving benefits."
"We condemn bigots who inject class, racial and religious prejudice into public and political matters. "
"However, we believe that the Federal Government should take supplemental action within its constitutional jurisdiction to oppose discrimination against race, religion or national origin."
"We pledge not to infringe by censorship or gag order the right of a free people to know what their Government is doing."
"We favor legislation assuring equal pay for equal work regardless of sex."
"We favor self government and national suffrage for the residents of the Nation's Capital."
"We pledge to undertake programs to provide the Indians with equal opportunities for education, health protection and economic development."
"We condemn the flagrant violations of the Civil Service merit system by the Party in power."
"The present Administration's sordid record of corruption has shocked and sickened the American people. "
"enacted the Taft Hartley law for equitable labor management relations; "
"Upon this statement of truths and this pledge of performance, the Republican Party stands confident that it expresses the hopes of the citizens of America and certain that it points out with integrity a road upon which free men may march into a new day  a new and better day  in which shall be fulfilled the decent aspirations of our people for peace, for solvency and for the fulfillment of our best welfare, under the guidance of Divine Providence. "
"Our people have now learned that the party of Lincoln has been made captive to big businessmen with small minds."
"Peace is more than a suspension of shooting while frenzied and fearful nations stockpile armaments of annihilation."
"Achievement of world peace requires political statesmanship and economic wisdom, international understanding and dynamic leadership. "
"Four years ago the Republican Party boasted of being able to produce a foreign policy which was to free the Communist satellites, unleash Chiang Kai shek, repudiate the wartime agreements, and reverse the policy of containing Communist expansion."
"Yet, while our troubles mount, they tell us our prestige was never higher, they tell us we were never more secure."
"We condemn the Republican Administration for its heartless record of broken promises to the unfortunate victims of Communism. "
"We pledge correction of these conditions."
"We will continue those efforts, taking into account the viewpoints and aspirations of different sectors of the European community, particularly in regard to practical proposals for the unification of Germany."
"We also favor more liberal admission of relatives to eliminate the unnecessary tragedies of broken families."
"There should be no "second class" citizenship in the United States."
"Today new challenges call for new ideas and new methods."
"We shall need to work closely, also, with others all around the world. "
"to awaken ourselves and others to the effort and sacrifice which alone can win justice and peace."
"(3) To adoption of all practical means of making long  and short term credit available to small and independent businessmen at reasonable rates;"
" We severely condemn Republican discrimination against small and independent business;"
"We pledge ourselves to the fair and impartial administration of justice. "
"Public interest also requires, under reasonable standards, the admission of new licensees, where public convenience may be served, into the transport fields. "
"The Act must be repealed because State "right to work" laws have their genesis in its discriminatory anti labor provisions."
"We condemn its fear of abundance, its lack of initiative in developing domestic markets, and its dismal failure to obtain for the American farmer his traditional and deserved share of the world market. "
"The Eisenhower Administration has failed utterly to develop any programs to meet the desperate needs of farmers in the face of fantastic promises, and it has sabotaged the progressive programs inherited from prior Democratic Administrations by failing to administer them properly in the interest either of farmers or of the Nation as a whole."
"Develop practical measures for extending price supports to feed grains and other nonbasic storables and to the producers of perishable commodities such as meat, poultry, dairy products and the like;"
"Devise and employ effective means to reduce the spread between producers' prices and consumers' costs, and improve market facilities and marketing practices;"
"Exercise authority in existing law relating to imports of price supported agricultural commodities in raw, manufactured or processed form as part of our national policy to minimize damage to our domestic economy;"
"Expand farm forestry marketing research and price reporting on timber products, and provide adequate credit designed to meet the needs of timber farmers; and"
"and by increasing benefits for each year of covered employment."
"(4) Salary increases of a nature that will insure a truly competitive scale at all levels of employment;"
"But the privileges extended these dollar a year men have resulted in grave abuses of power. "
"During recent years there has developed a practice on the part of Federal agencies to delay and withhold information which is needed by Congress and the general public to make important decisions affecting their lives and destinies. "
"The Democratic Party pledges itself to provide effective regulation and full disclosure of campaign expenditures and contributions in elections to Federal offices."
"They are part of America and should be recognized as such. "
"We denounce the scandalous administration of the first Eisenhower appointed Governor of the Virgin Islands."
"No alteration of any treaty or other Federal Indian contractual relationships without the free consent of the Indian tribes concerned; "
"We recognize that a healthy mining industry is essential to the economy of the Nation, and therefore pledge immediate efforts toward the establishment of a realistic, long range minerals policy. "
"We favor treaties with other nations for conservation and better utilization of international fisheries."
"For example, President Eisenhower ordered the Commission to sign the scandalous Dixon Yates contract. "
"Recent decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States relating to segregation in publicly supported schools and elsewhere have brought consequences of vast importance to our Nation as a whole and especially to communities directly affected. "
"Our Government was created by the people for all the people, and it must serve no less a purpose."
"We shall continue to oppose the seating of Communist China in the United Nations."
"We are proud to have fulfilled our 1952 pledge to halt the skyrocketing cost of living that in the previous 13 years had cut the value of the dollar by half, and robbed millions of the full value of their wages, savings, insurance, pensions and social security."
" That men are created equal needs no affirmation, but they must have equality of opportunity and protection of their civil rights under the law."
"America does not prosper unless all Americans prosper."
"and to maintain the purchasing power of a sound dollar, and the value of savings, pensions and insurance."
"Adaptation of new propulsion power units, including nuclear, must be sponsored and achieved."
"Continuance of the vigorous SEC policies which are providing maximum protection to the investor and maximum opportunity for the financing of small business without costly red tape."
"The protection of unemployment insurance has been brought to 4 million additional workers. "
"In addition, the Eisenhower Administration has enforced more vigorously and effectively than ever before, the laws which protect the working standards of our people."
"This policy has brought to our country an unprecedented period of labor management peace and understanding."
"Four thousand communities, studying their school populations and their physical and financial resources, encouraged our Republican Administration to urge a five year program of Federal assistance in building schools to relieve a critical classroom shortage."
"Under laws sponsored by the Republican Administration, almost $7 billion in price depressing surplus farm products have been moved into use, and the rate of movement is being accelerated."
"To encourage and assist adequate private and cooperative sources of credit, to provide supplemental credit through the Farmers Home Administration where needed, with an understanding of both the human and economic problems of farmers and ranchers;"
"Our farm and ranch people are confident of the future, despite efforts to frighten them into accepting economic nostrums and political panaceas. "
"We promise unwavering vigilance against corruption and waste, and shall continue so to manage the public business as to warrant our people's full confidence in the integrity of their Government."
"We are unalterably opposed to unwarranted growth of centralized Federal power. "
"The Federal Republic of Germany, which until 1953 was denied sovereignty and the opportunity to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, has now had full sovereignty restored by the Treaties of 1954, and has become a member of NATO despite the intense opposition of the Soviet Union."
"The American Republics have taken effective steps against the cancer of Communism. "
"We re dedicate ourselves to the pursuit of a just peace and the defense of human liberty and national independence."
"It would betray our friend and ally, the Republic of China. "
"We pledge faithful and expeditious administration of these provisions."
"Poverty and unrest in less developed countries make them the target for international communism. "
"As we maintain and strengthen the security of this Nation, we shall, consistent with this Administration's dedication to peace, strive for the acceptance of realistic proposals for disarmament and the humanitarian control of weapons of mass destruction."
"Our country's defense posture is today a visible and powerful deterrent against attack by any enemy, from any quarter, at any time."
"We believe, without qualification, that in our present Commander in Chief, Dwight D. Eisenhower, this Nation possesses a leader equipped by training, temperament, and experience in war and in peace, for both that personal example and that direction of our national defense in which the American people will continue to have confidence, and in which the peoples of all the free world will find an increasing sense of security and of an opportunity for peace."
"That the Veterans Administration be continued as a single independent agency providing veterans services;"
"Has nearly completed field surveys for a comparable forest improvement program. "
"The Republican Party pledges continuous, vigorous development of Atomic Energy:for the defense of our own country and to deter aggression, and for the promotion of world peace and the enhancement of our knowledge of basic science and its application to industry, agriculture and the healing arts."
"More and more private funds are being invested  as the Government monopoly is relaxed."
"The Republican Party pledges that it will continue this imaginative, world embracing program. "
"Ever since, these four words have underscored our identity with the plain people of America and the world."
"Most free nations had confidence in our will and our ability to carry out our commitments to the common defense."
"Even those who wished us ill respected our power and influence."
"Our present system of alliances was begun in a time of an earlier weapons technology when our ability to retaliate against Communist attack required bases all around the periphery of the Soviet Union."
"We will provide a more sensitive and creative direction to our overseas information program."
"The new Democratic Administration will revamp and simplify this cumbersome machinery."
"The protections provided by due process, right of appeal, and statutes of limitation, can be extended to non citizens without hampering the security of our nation."
"In the Jeffersonian tradition, we recognize and welcome the irresistible momentum of the world revolution of rising expectations for a better life."
"We shall use our own agricultural productivity as an effective tool of foreign aid, and also as a vital form of working capital for economic development."
"The Republican Administration has done little to summon American business to play its part in this, one of the most creative tasks of our generation."
"The ultimate solution of the situation in Berlin must be approached in the broader context of settlement of the tensions and divisions of Europe."
"The new Democratic Administration will confidently proceed to unshackle American enterprise and to free American labor, industrial leadership, and capital, to create an abundance that will outstrip any other system."
"These communities have undertaken valiant efforts of self help."
"This disastrous downward cycle can be stopped only by effective farm programs sympathetically administered with the assistance of democratically elected farmer committees."
"We promise the co ops active support in meeting the ever growing demand for electric power and telephone service, to be filled on a complete area coverage basis without requiring benefits for special interest power groups."
"Republican high interest policies have forced the cost of decent housing beyond the range of many families. "
" Federal appropriations for medical research are barely 1% of this amount."
"We shall permit workers who are totally and permanently disabled to retire at any age, removing the arbitrary requirement that the worker be 50 years of age."
"Persons in need who are inadequately protected by social insurance are cared for by the states and local communities under public assistance programs."
"2. disposal of chemical and radioactive wastes, some of which are now being dumped off our coasts without adequate knowledge of the potential consequences."
"in particular, the few remaining suitable shorelines must be included in it."
"A national wilderness system should be created for areas already set aside as wildernesses. "
"The Democratic Administration instead will foster the development of efficient regional giant power systems from all sources, including water, tidal, and nuclear power, to supply low cost electricity to all retail electric systems, public, private, and cooperative."
"We will resume research and development work on use of low grade mineral reserves, especially oil shale, lignites, iron ore taconite, and radioactive minerals. "
"These problems are, in many cases, interstate and regional in scope."
"5. Expansion of park systems to meet the recreation needs of our growing population."
"Over the past seven years, we have watched the steady weakening of the nation's transportation system. "
"Airports and airways lag far behind the needs of the jet age."
"Development of our inland waterways, our harbors, and Great Lakes commerce has been held back by the Republican President."
"The Democratic Party supports the highway program embodied in the Acts of 1956 and 1958 and the principle of Federal state partnership in highway construction."
"The United States became pre eminent in the development of atomic energy under Democratic Administrations."
"2. Continue the development of the various promising experimental and prototype atomic power plants which show promise, and provide increasing support for longer range projects at the frontiers of atomic energy application."
"We shall bring all contacts with commissioners into the open, and will protect them from any form of improper pressure."
"Constant curtailment of service has inconvenienced every citizen."
"Further benefits for Puerto Rico under these principles are certain to follow."
"We endorse expanded programs of vocational rehabilitation for disabled veterans, and education for orphans of servicemen."
"Free consent of the Indian tribes concerned shall be required before the Federal Government makes any change in any Federal Indian treaty or other contractual relationship."
"Freedom and civil liberties, far from being incompatible with security, are vital to our national strength. "
"The list of unfinished business for America is long. "
"Above all, it will require the strong, active, persuasive, and inventive leadership of the President of the United States."
"It will be a bold, confident, affirmative face. "
"In this spirit, we hereby rededicate ourselves to the continuing service of the Rights of Man everywhere in America and everywhere else on God's earth. "
"Everywhere across the earth, this force challenges us to prove our strength and wisdom, our capacity for sacrifice, our faith in ourselves and in our institutions."
"We are impressed, but not dismayed, by the revolutionary turbulence that is wracking the world. "
"We rededicate ourselves to the principles that have animated it; "
"To this end we will continue to support and strengthen the United Nations as an instrument for peace, for international cooperation, and for the advancement of the fundamental freedoms and humane interests of mankind."
"Through all the calculated shifts of Soviet tactics and mood, the Eisenhower Nixon Administration has demonstrated its willingness to negotiate in earnest with the Soviet Union to arrive at just settlements for the reduction of world tensions. "
"The Republican Party is pledged to making certain that our arms, and our will to use them, remain superior to all threats. "
"Highly mobile and versatile forces, including forces deployed, to deter or check local aggressions and "brush fire wars" which might bring on all out nuclear war."
"Despite the lamentations of the opposition in viewing the economic scene today, the plain fact is that our 500 billion dollar economy finds more Americans at work, earning more, spending more, saving more, investing more, building more than ever before in history. "
"Republican action has given to millions of American working men and women new or expanded protection and benefits, such as: Increased federal minimum wage;"
"Upward revision in amount and extended coverage of the minimum wage to several million more workers."
"Americans are the best fed and the best clothed people in the world. "
"The Republican Party will provide within the framework of individual freedom a greater bargaining power to assure an equitable return for the work and capital supplied by farmers."
"Government that is careless with the money of its citizens is careless with their future."
"Achieving this vital purpose demands:That Congress, in acting on new spending bills, have figures before it showing the cumulative effect of its actions on the total budget."
"No vast new bureaucracy is needed to achieve this objective."
"We believe the federal roles in research to be in the area of ( 1 ) basic research which industry cannot be reasonably expected to pursue, and (2) applied research in fields of prime national concern such as national defense, exploration and use of space, public health, and better common use of all natural resources, both human and physical. "
"We endorse the contracting by government agencies for research and urge allowance for reasonable charges for overhead and management in connection therewith."
"New programs to stimulate development of specialized types of housing, such as those for the elderly and for nursing homes."
"We pledge:Federal help in new programs to build schools of medicine, dentistry, and public health and nursing, and financial aid to students in those fields."
"Legislation to provide that the completion of six primary grades in a state accredited school is conclusive evidence of literacy for voting purposes."
"The federal government should take the initiative in promoting inter group conferences among those who, in their communities, are earnestly seeking solutions of the complex problems of desegregation  to the end that closed channels of communication may be opened, tensions eased, and a cooperative solution of local problems may be sought."
"Work for the attainment of peace in the Near East as an urgent goal, using our best efforts to prevent a military unbalance, to encourage arms reductions and the use of national resources for internal development and to encourage the re settlement of Arab refugees in lands where there is room and opportunity. "
"The health of the people is important to the strength and purpose of our country and is a proper part of our common concern."
"First rate hospitals and medical care must be provided veterans with service connected injuries and disabilities, and their compensation rates must insure an adequate standard of living. "
"Assist our Indian people to improve their standard of living and attain self sufficiency, the privileges of equal citizenship, and full participation in American life."
"The American free enterprise system is one of the great achievements of the human mind and spirit."
"In spite of this, at the outset of 1961, America was in the depths of the fourth postwar recession."
"Since then, in 42 months of uninterrupted expansion under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, we have achieved the longest and strongest peace time prosperity in modern history:"
"Overtime payment requirements must be increased to assure maximum employment consistent with business efficiency. "
"Agricultural and migratory workers must be given legal protection and economic encouragement."
"In order to protect the hard earned dollars of American consumers, as well as promote their basic consumer rights, we will make full use of existing authority, and continue to promote efforts on behalf of consumers by industry, voluntary organizations, and state and local governments. "
" We will also study new low cost methods and techniques of food distribution for the benefit of our housewives to better feed their families."
"Provide the people of this nation a balanced outdoor recreation program to add to their health and well being, including the addition or improved management of national parks, forests, lake shores, seashores and recreation areas."
"The government's business is the people's business. "
"Every person who participates in the government must be held to a standard of ethics which permits no compromise with the principles of absolute honesty and the maintenance of undivided loyalty to the public interest."
"The first responsibility of government at every level is to protect the basic freedoms of the people. "
"The time has come now for all of us to understand and respect one another, and to seek the unity of spirit and purpose from which our future greatness will grow  for only as we work together with the object of liberty and justice for all will the peace and freedom of each of us be secured."
"Working closely with the senior military leaders of the Department of Defense, the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency has enabled the United States to lead the world in a new, continuous, hard headed and purposeful discussion, negotiation and planning of disarmament. "
"In 1960, we proposed  "To the extent we can secure the adoption of effective arms control agreements, vast resources will be freed for peaceful use.""
"In January and April 1964, President Johnson announced cutbacks in the production of nuclear materials: twenty percent in plutonium production and forty percent in enriched uranium. "
"The United States Information Agency has been transformed into a powerful, effective and respected weapon of the free world. "
""Our government should press for reduction of foreign barriers on the sale of the products of American industry and agriculture.""
"These efforts have opened new United States export opportunities for fruits and vegetables, and numerous other agricultural and manufactured products to Europe and Japan."
"Since 1961, foreign aid has been conducted on a spartan, cost conscious basis, with emphasis on self help, reform and performance as conditions of American help."
"The American republics agreed to work together "To make the benefits of economic progress available to all citizens of all economic and social groups through a more equitable distribution of national income, raising more rapidly the income and standard of living of the needier sectors of the population, at the same time that a higher proportion of the national product is devoted to investment.""
"The Alliance for Progress has immeasurably strengthened the collective will of the nations of the Western Hemisphere to resist the massive efforts of Communist subversion that conquered Cuba in 1959 and then headed for the mainland. "
"In Japan, where anti American riots in 1960 prevented a visit from the President, relations with the United States have been markedly improved."
"A turning point of the Cold War had been reached."
"Speaking on that occasion, the President said: "Aggression  deliberate, willful and systematic aggression has unmasked its face to the world. "
"Hundreds of thousands of Cubans have left the island or have indicated their desire to come to the United States."
"sugar production is at the lowest level since the 1940's."
"preserved peace in the Congo, West New Guinea and Cyprus; "
"provided a forum for the U. S. during crises in the Caribbean and the Gulf of Tonkin; "
"Since January 1961, the increase in average after tax family income has been twice the increase in prices."
"Now for 1964, the prospective balance of payments deficit has been cut to $2 billion, and the gold outflow has ceased."
"In 1960, we reaffirmed our  "support of full employment as a paramount objective of national policy.""
"Participation in the Agricultural Conservation Program has increased 20 percent since 1960."
""Protection of the public against the growth of monopoly."
"Cities with community urban renewal programs jumped from a cumulative total of seven in December 1960 to 118 by mid 1964."
"Low rent public housing under Federal assistance is being provided senior citizens at an annual rate more than twice that for 1960."
"Assistance has been given for more than 1,000 college housing projects including housing for more than 290,000 students and faculty, plus dining halls and other school facilities."
""Federal aid for construction, expanding and modernizing schools of medicine, dentistry, nursing and public health."
"The Welfare and Pension Plans Disclosure Act Amendments of 1962 put "enforcement teeth" into this measure, protecting workers' assets in pension programs."
"The 1962 Public Welfare amendments provide the authority and financial resources for a new approach to the problems of prolonged dependency and some of the special needs of children."
"Starting for the first time in 1963, grants for training child welfare workers have been made to 58 institutions of higher learning."
"Approximately 453,000 older persons received medical assistance under the Kerr Mills program in fiscal year 1964."
"The Youth Conservation Corps envisioned by the 1960 proposal is provided for under Title I of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964."
"75 million in loans and demonstration grants were provided to States and localities to construct and improve mass transportation systems."
"Since 1961, the United States has pressed vigorously forward with a 10 year, $35 billion national space program for clear leadership in space exploration, space use, and all important aspects of space science and technology."
"In 1960, we proposed  "Effective Government representation and protection" for consumers."
"The titles of these bills explain their objectives. "
"For the first time, veterans with peacetime service connected disabilities have been afforded vocational rehabilitation training. "
"The GI Bill of Rights for Korean veterans was also extended for the benefit of certain reservists called to active duty."
"On Washington's Birthday 1963, President Kennedy, by Executive Order, created a new Presidential Medal of Freedom as the highest civil honor conferred by the President in peace time upon persons who have made distinctive contributions to the security and national interest of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural activities. "
"In 1960, we reaffirmed  "Our dedication to the Bill of Rights. Freedom and civil liberties, far from being incompatible with security, are vital to our national strength.""
"To handle additional work in income tax collection, 3,971 new employees were added to the Internal Revenue Service by the Congress in fiscal 1961; "
"they are the work of the American people."
"Nor can we evade the issue here at home. "
"and we deplore as self defeating and harmful many of the moves already taken."
"that its goals must ever discipline its means; "
"and that service to all the people, never to selfish or partisan ends, must be the abiding purpose of men entrusted with public power."
"Tragically, in each instance, the answer must be "no.""
"This Administration has created discord and distrust by failing to develop a nuclear policy for NATO."
"This Administration has failed to provide forceful, effective leadership in the United Nations."
"It has weakened the power and influence of this world organization by failing to demand basic improvements in its procedures to guard against its becoming merely a forum of anti Western insult and abuse."
"It has aggravated the problems of small business by multiplying Federal record keeping requirements and has hurt thousands of small businessmen by forcing up their costs."
"It has broken its major promises to farm people, dropping the parity ratio to its lowest level since 1939. "
"We Republicans are not content to record Democratic misdeeds and failures. "
"We now offer policies and programs new in conception and dynamic in operation. "
"  incentives for employers to hire teenagers, including broadening of temporary exemptions under the minimum wage law;"
"  returning the consumer to the driver's seat as the chief regulator and chief beneficiary of a free economy, by resisting excessive concentration of power, whether public or private;"
"In furtherance of our faith in the competitive system, we also pledge:  a continual re examination and reduction of government competition with private business, consistent with the recommendations of the second Hoover Commission;"
"3. We Republicans shall insist that the Federal Government have effective but limited powers, that it be frugal and efficient, and that it fully meet its Constitutional responsibilities to all the American people. "
"  continued tax support to encourage exploration and development of domestic sources of minerals and metals, with reasonable depletion allowances;"
"  high priority for the solution of the nation's balance of payment difficulties to assure unquestioned confidence in the dollar, maintenance of the competitiveness of American products in domestic and foreign markets, expansion of exports, stimulation of foreign tourism in the United States, greater foreign sharing of mutual security burdens abroad, a drastic reorganization and redirection of the entire foreign aid effort, gradual reductions in overseas U.S. forces as manpower can be replaced by increased firepower; and strengthening of the international monetary system without sacrifice of our freedom of policy making."
"The supreme challenge to this policy is an atheistic imperialism Communism."
"We will make clear that blockade, interception of logistical support, and diplomatic and economic pressure are appropriate United States counters to deliberate breaches of the peace."
"We will reconsecrate this nation to human liberty, assuring the freedom of our people, and rallying mankind to a new crusade for freedom all around the world."
"We offer dedication and perseverance, leading to victory. "
"Now, and not later, is the right time to uphold the rule of law by securing to all the people the natural rights that belong to them by virtue of their being human."
"Our pride in the achievements of these Democratic years in no way blinds us to the large and unfinished tasks which still lie ahead. "
"One wasteful recession came in 1954, another in 1958, and a third in 1960. "
"Because of the Higher Education Act of 1965, new college classrooms, laboratories and libraries have been built to assure that higher education will not be the monopoly of the few but the right of the many;"
"As it promoted better education, so did Democratic leadership promote better health for all."
"The Democratic program attacked all of these forms of blight  and all at once."
"In this effort, the residents of the areas selected to become the model neighborhoods are participating fully in planning their future and deciding what it will be."
"The same negative attitude was present among Republicans in the 1950's, and one of the results was a crisis in the farm sector of the economy which the Democrats inherited in the 1960's."
"A new Immigration Act removed the harsh injustice of the national origins quota system and opened our shores without discrimination to those who can contribute to the growth and strength of America."
"The conscience of the entire world has been shocked by the brutal and unprovoked Soviet aggression against Czechoslovakia. "
"Seek a world of diversity and peaceful change, where men can choose their own governments and where each nation can determine its own destiny without external interference;"
"By harassment and threat the Kremlin has repeatedly attempted to push the West out of Berlin. "
"We must also recognize that the Soviet Union and the United States still have a common interest in avoiding nuclear war and preventing the spread of nuclear weapons. "
"Preferring short term political advantage to long range stability and peace, the Soviet Union has rushed arms to certain Arab states to replace those lost in the Arab Israeli War of 1967. "
"We would favor an effective international presence to facilitate the transition from war to peace and to assure the protection of minorities against reprisal."
"We support continued assistance to help maintain the independence and peaceful development of India and Pakistan."
"The Democratic policies that more than doubled the nation's rate of economic expansion in the past eight years can double and redouble our national income by the end of this century. "
"A major objective of all consumer programs, at all levels, must be the education of the buying public, particularly the poor who are the special targets of unscrupulous and high pressure salesmanship."
"We applaud the leadership provided by the First Lady to enhance the highway environment and initiate a national beautification program."
"America has the most efficient and comprehensive communications system in the world. "
"We pledge our continuing support for the prompt enactment of a long range financing plan that will help ensure the vigor and independence of this potentially vital but still underdeveloped new force in American life."
"But, in view of rapidly changing technology, the entire federal regulatory system dealing with telecommunication should be thoroughly reappraised."
"The problem of rural poverty and the problem of migration of poor people from rural areas to urban ghettos are mainly non farm problems. "
"Congress has temporarily suspended the restrictive amendment of 1967 that placed an arbitrary limit on the number of dependent children who can be aided in each state. "
"The Democratic Congress this year has already enacted legislation to expand and improve the school lunch and commodity distribution programs, and shortly will complete action on legislation now pending to expand the food stamp program. "
"Education is the chief instrument for making good the American promise. "
"Every citizen has a basic right to as much education and training as he desires and can master  from preschool through graduate studies  even if his family cannot pay for this education."
"To continue to work toward abating the visual pollution that plagues our land;"
"To focus on the outdoor recreation needs of those who live in congested metropolitan areas;"
"Recognizing and protecting the paramount public interest in the seas, Congress under Democratic leadership enacted the Sea Grant College Act of 1965 and the Marine Resources and Engineering Development Act of 1966, which established for the first time a comprehensive long range policy and program for the marine sciences. "
"Promote our fisheries by providing incentives for private investment, enforcing our 12 mile fishing zone, and discouraging other nations from excessive territorial and fishery claims;"
"This, however, is no substitute for an independent and fiscally autonomous District government. "
"In addition, the federal government has a clear responsibility for national action."
"The right of privacy must be safeguarded. "
"A democratic society welcomes criticism within the limits of the law. "
"And that experience has taught us that America builds best when it is called upon to build greatly."
"Twice before, our Party gave the people of America leadership at a time of crisis  leadership which won us peace in place of war, unity in place of discord, compassion in place of bitterness."
"A century ago, Abraham Lincoln gave that leadership. "
"We will create a new mix of private responsibility and public participation in the solution of social problems."
"Millions of our people are suffering cruelly from expanding metropolitan blight  congestion, crime, polluted air and water, poor housing, inadequate educational, economic and recreational opportunities. "
"These principles as urgently apply to rural poverty and decay. "
"Established disability as well as survivorship benefits for local police officers wounded or killed in pursuit of federal lawbreakers."
"Continued support of legislation to strengthen state and local law enforcement and preserve the primacy of state responsibility in this area;"
"Where state conditions prevent use of funds for non public school children, a public agency should he designated to administer federal funds."
"We continue to favor tax credits for those burdened with the costs of higher education, and also tax deductions to encourage savings for this purpose."
" No young American should be denied a quality education because he cannot afford it or find work to meet its costs."
"Full opportunity requires a coordinated attack on the total problem through community human development programs."
"Welfare and poverty programs will be drastically revised to liberate the poor from the debilitating dependence which erodes self respect and discourages family unity and responsibility. "
"Contradictory government policies have led to intolerable deprivation for these citizens. "
"We specifically favor representation in Congress for the District of Columbia. "
"Public confidence in an independent judiciary is absolutely essential to the maintenance of law and order. "
"In addition to vigorous enforcement of the antitrust statutes, we pledge a thorough analysis of the structure and operation of these laws at home and abroad in the light of changes in the economy, in order to update our antitrust policy and enable it to serve us well in the future."
"We promise equitable treatment of all modes of transportation in order to assure the public better service, greater safety, and the most modern facilities. "
"Actions by the Administration, in line with its apparent cheap food policy, have held down prices received by farmers. "
"The Republican Party is committed to the concept that a sound agricultural economy is imperative to the national interest. "
"To promote the development of American agriculture, we pledge:Farm policies and programs which will enable producers to receive fair prices in relation to the prices they must pay for other products;"
"Vigorous effort must be directed toward increasing the application of science and technology, including the social sciences, to the solution of such pressing human problems as housing, transportation, education, environmental pollution, law enforcement, and job training. "
"We regret that the Administration's budgetary mismanagement has forced sharp reductions in the space program. "
"We propose to do this, not by peremptory efforts to limit American travel abroad or by self defeating restraints on overseas investments, but by restraint in Federal spending and realistic monetary policies, by adjusting overseas commitments, by stimulating exports, by encouraging more foreign travel to the United States and, as specific conditions require, by extending tax treatment to our own exports and imports comparable to such treatment applied by foreign countries. "
"Ending inflation is the first step toward solving the payments crisis."
"In all our history none have fought more bravely or more devotedly than our sons in this unwanted war in Vietnam."
"Our merchant marine, too, has been allowed to deteriorate. "
"In a world where broken promises become a way of life, we submit that a nation progresses not on promises broken but on pledges kept."
"because they never had the chance to gain an education; "
"The Nixon Administration has deliberately driven people out of work in a heartless and ineffective effort to deal with inflation. "
"In the school, the police department, the welfare agency or the recreation program, there are new careers to be developed to help ensure that social services reach the people for whom they are intended."
"It may cost more, at least initially, to create decent jobs than to perpetuate the hand out system of present welfare. "
"Help make parts of the economy more efficient such as medical care  where wasteful and inefficient practices now increase prices;"
"Adjust rate making and regulatory activities, with particular attention to regulations which increase prices for food, transportation and other necessities;"
" If legislation now pending in Congress passes, pay roll taxes will have increased over 500 per cent between 1960 and 1970  from $144 to $755  for the average wage earner. "
"We reaffirm the long established principle of progressive taxation   allocating the burden according to ability to pay   which is all but a dead letter in the present tax code."
"Tax policy should not provide incentives that encourage overinvestment in developed countries by American business, and mechanisms should be instituted to limit undesirable capital exports that exploit labor abroad and damage the American worker at home."
"Each year over 14,000 American workers are killed on their jobs, and nine million injured. "
" If your party can live up to that simple pledge, my faith will lie restored."  Bobby Westbrooks, St. Louis Hearing, June 17, 1972."
"The new Democratic Administration should bring an end to the pattern of political persecution and investigation, the use of high office as a pulpit for unfair attack and intimidation and the blatant efforts to control the poor and to keep them from acquiring additional economic security or political power."
"Recognition and support of the cultural identity and pride of black people are generations overdue. "
"Full funding of legislation designed to meet the needs of children with special needs: The retarded, the physically and mentally handicapped, and those whose environment produces abuse and neglect and directs the child to anti social conduct;"
"Elimination of discrimination against women in public accommodations and public facilities, public education and in all federally assisted programs and federally contracted employment:"
"The federal government must protect the right of tenants to organize tenant organizations and negotiate collective bargaining agreements with private landlords and encourage the participation of the tenants in the management and control of all subsidized housing."
"The Democratic Party pledges itself to adopt rules to give those over 60 years old representation on all Party committees and agencies as nearly as possible in proportion to their percentage in the total population."
"We support future coordination of health care for veterans with the national health care insurance program, with no reduction in scale or quality of existing veterans care and with recognition of the special health needs of veterans."
"The VA separate personnel system should be expanded to take in all types of health personnel, and especially physician's assistants; "
"In addition, there should be a program under which service men and women can receive high school, college or job training while on active duty. "
"Unemployment.  There should be an increase in unemployment compensation provided to veterans, and much greater emphasis on the Veterans Employment Service of the Department of Labor, expanding its activities in every state. "
"The state of health services in this country indicates the failure of government to respond to this fundamental need. "
"It could act to revitalize our urban areas; "
"The nation's urban areas must and can be habitable. "
"To this end:We fully support general revenue sharing and the principle that the federal income tax should be used to raise more revenues for local use;"
"And there should be performance standards governing the distribution of all federal funds to state and local governments; and"
"Many of the worst problems in America are centered in our cities. "
"The Democratic Party pledges itself to change the disastrous policies of the Nixon Administration toward the cities and to reverse the steady process of decay and dissolution. "
"To use the full faith and credit of the Treasury to provide direct, low interest loans to finance the construction and purchase of decent housing for the American people; and"
"Provides effective incentives to reduce housing costs  to the benefit of poor and middle income families alike through effective use of unused, undeveloped land, reform of building practices and the use of new building techniques, including factory made and modular construction;"
"Assures that residents have a strong voice in determining the destiny of their own neighborhoods;"
"Today, 15 times as much federal aid goes to highways as to mass transit; tomorrow this must change. "
"The Nixon Administration's record on the environment is one of big promises and small actions."
" These difficulties do exist  to deny them would be deceptive and irresponsible. "
"Where appropriate, taxes need to be levied on pollution, to provide industry with an incentive to clean up."
"The United States should not be condemned to the choice between the development of resources and economic security or preservation of those resources."
"Today, however, neglect on the part of the Nixon Administration is threatening this most valued heritage  and that of our children. "
"Education must prepare students not just to earn a living but to live a life  a creative, humane and sensitive life."
"Channel financial aid by a Constitutional formula to children in non public schools;"
"Support suburban urban cooperation in education to share resources and expenses;"
"Continue with full federal funding the breakfast and lunch programs for all children and the development of other programs to combat hunger."
"A Democratic President will support and sign a program for universal comprehensive child development."
"Provide research funds to stimulate a partnership between post secondary, secondary and primary education, in an effort to find new patterns for learning and to provide training and retraining of teachers, especially in urban areas;"
"Effective law enforcement requires tough planning and action. "
"A comprehensive fully funded program is needed to improve juvenile justice, to ensure minimum standards, to expand research into rehabilitation techniques, including alternatives to reform schools and coordinate existing programs for treating juvenile delinquency; and"
"The next Democratic Administration should support:A massive law enforcement effort, supported by increased funds and personnel, against the suppliers and distributors of heroin and other dangerous drugs, with increased penalties for major narcotics traffickers;"
"Expanded research into dangerous drugs and their abuse, focusing especially on heroin addiction among the young and development of effective, non addictive heroin treatment methods;"
"Concentration of law enforcement efforts on major suppliers and distributors, with most individual users diverted into treatment before prosecution;"
"Work opportunities should be provided for addicts in treatment by supported work and other programs; and"
"We are determined to exert the maximum power and authority of the federal government to protect the many victims who cannot help themselves against great criminal combinations."
" Many prisons that are supposed to rehabilitate and separate, in fact train their inmates for nothing but brutality and a life of further crime. "
"Recognition of the constitutional and human rights of prisoners; "
"For many decades, American agriculture has been the envy of the world; "
" Its record today is consistent with the Republican record of the past: Low prices, farm surpluses that depress the market and callous disregard for the people in rural America."
"We will resist a price ceiling on agriculture products until farm prices reach 110 per cent of parity, based on the 1910 14 ratios, and we will conduct a consumer education program to inform all Americans of the relationship between the prices of raw commodities and retail prices;"
"The Democratic Party also recognizes that farmers and ranchers must be able to gain economic strength in the marketplace by organizing and bargaining collectively for the sale of their products. "
"To extend authority for marketing orders to all farm commodities including those used for processing;"
"We also support unemployment insurance compensation benefits, workman's compensation benefits and delivery of health services for farm workers; and"
"To apply general revenue sharing in ways that will permit state and local taxation of family farm lands on the basis of value for farm use rather than value for land speculation;"
"Re establish control over military activities and reduce military spending, where consistent with national security;"
"Make information public, except where real national defense interests are involved."
" But we will also insist on the firm control of specific costs and projects that are essential to ensure that each defense dollar makes a real contribution to national security."
"We will support reforms of the conditions of military life to restore military service as an attractive career for men and women from all segments of our society."
"But we value even more America's relations with our friends and allies in the Hemisphere, in Western Europe, Japan and other industrialized countries, Israel and the Middle East, and in the developing nations of Asia and Africa."
"All military aid to Portugal should be stopped and the Nixon $435 million deal for unneeded Azores bases should be canceled."
"The U.S. should make clear its opposition to the radical totalitarianism of South Africa. "
"For the consumer, it means lower prices and a wider choice of goods. "
"The automobile or electrical worker, the electronics technician, the small businessman  for them, and millions of others, foreign competition coinciding with a slack economy has spelled financial distress."
"Negotiate orderly and reciprocal reductions of trade barriers to American products. "
"Support reform of the international monetary system. "
"We also call on the Democratic Members of the House of Representatives to take action through their caucus to end the "closed rule," which is used to prevent amendments and votes on vital tax matters and other important issues, and we call on the Democratic Members of the Senate to liberalize the cloture rule, which is used to prevent votes in that body, so that after full and extensive debate majority rule can prevail."
" This requires a basic restructuring of procedures  public hearings before guidelines and regulations are handed down, the processing of citizen complaints, the granting of citizen standing and the recovery of litigation fees for those who win suits against the government."
"The Justice Department should make available to the public any consent decree 90 days prior to its submission to court, to allow any interested party to comment on it to the Court; and "
"Lobbying regulations should cover attempts to influence both legislative and Executive Branch decisions. "
"As a safeguard, we urge the availability of subpoena and cease and desist powers to enforce these conflict of interest, campaign financing and lobby disclosure laws. "
"Ensure every citizen the ability to take part in the Presidential nomination process; and"
"Equalize the ability of people from all income levels to participate in the political decision making processes of the Democratic Party, by providing financial assistance through party funds for delegates, alternates and standing committee members to state and national conventions."
"The amendment should provide for a run off election, if no candidate received more than 40 percent of the popular vote;"
"In 1972, Americans are deciding that they want their country back again. "
"The election of 1972 requires of the voters a momentous decision  one that will determine the kind of nation that is to be on its 200th birthday four years hence. "
"To end the threat of biological and toxin warfare."
"Our young draftees are no longer sent there without their consent."
"We will never agree to leave the fate of our men unclear, dependent upon a cruel enemy's whim. "
"North Vietnam's violation of the Geneva Convention in its treatment of our prisoners of war has called forth condemnation from leaders around the world  but not by our political opposition at home. "
"Reform of our foreign assistance program, to induce a greater international sharing of the aid effort, is long overdue. "
"We call for further reforms to make our aid more effective and protect the taxpayer's interests."
"We are consulting closely to harmonize our two countries' separate efforts to normalize relations with Peking. "
"President Nixon's visit to the People's Republic of China was, therefore, an historic milestone in his effort to transform our era from one of confrontation to one of negotiation. "
"We will foster a more mature partnership among the nations of this hemisphere, with a wider sharing of ideas and responsibility, a broader understanding of diversities, and firm commitment to the common pursuit of economic progress and social justice."
"We categorically reject this slash now, beg later, approach to defense policy."
"There were fears that we were attempting to be the policeman of the world. "
"Today draftees are called by random selection of the youngest first, so that the maximum length of vulnerability is no longer seven years but one year only. "
"In every year since 1968, draft calls have been reduced. "
"For years most servicemen have been under paid, harassed with restrictions, and afforded few opportunities for self development. "
"We will continue to pursue arms control agreements  but we recognize that this can be successful only if we maintain sufficient strength and will fail if we allow ourselves to slip into inferiority."
"The Federal budget in fiscal 1968 had a deficit of more than $25 billion even though the economy was operating at capacity. "
"For the first time in six years real spendable income is going up, while the rate of inflation has been cut in half. "
"The rate of unemployment has been reduced from 6.1 per cent to 5.5 per cent, lower than the average from 1961 through 1964 before the Vietnam buildup began, and is being steadily driven down."
"The Congress now permits its legislative committees  instead of its fiscal committees  to decide, independently of each other, how much should be devoted to individual programs. "
"We pledge vigorous efforts to reform the Congressional budgeting process."
"The record shows that as a result of the Tax Reform Act of 1969 and the Revenue Act of 1971:"
"9.5 million low income Americans are removed from the Federal income tax rolls."
"Since 1969 we have eliminated over $5 billion of spending on unneeded domestic and defense programs. "
"The President's Summit negotiations for example, yielded an agreement for the Soviet purchase, over a three year period, of a minimum of $750 million in United States grains   the largest long term commercial trade purchase agreement ever made between two nations. "
"We deplore the practice of locating plants in foreign countries solely to take advantage of low wage rates in order to produce goods primarily fur sale in the United States."
"Through tax incentives, encourage the start up of more new businesses, and work for a tax system that more fairly applies to small business."
"To increase the supply of medical services, we will continue to support programs to help our schools graduate more physicians, dentists, nurses, and allied health personnel, with special emphasis on family practitioners and others who deliver primary medical care."
"In this fiscal year $135 million  almost three times the 1970 level  will be devoted to the staffing of 422 community mental health centers serving a population of 56 million people. "
"Offer, for the first time, a real chance for good schooling for the hundreds of thousands of children who live in urban centers;"
"This system, essentially unchanged since the 1930's has turned into a human and fiscal nightmare. "
"We will strongly support efforts of all law enforcement agencies to apprehend and prosecute to the limit of the law all those who use firearms in the commission of crimes."
"By the time our Nation awakened to this cancerous social ill, it found no major combat weapons available."
"Last January we established the Office of Drug Abuse Law Enforcement to disrupt street and mid level heroin traffickers."
"Republican urban strategy rejects throwing good money after bad money. "
"Our Party recognizes counties as viable units of regional government with a major role in modernizing and restructuring local services, eliminating duplication and increasing local cooperation. "
"Continued development of technological and management innovations to lower housing costs  a program begun by Operation Breakthrough, which is assisting in the development of new methods for more economical production of low cost, high quality homes."
"We strongly support these research and development initiatives of the Department of Transportation."
"We also pledged to expand maritime research and development and the simplification and revision of construction and operating subsidy procedures."
"By the enactment of the Merchant Marine Act of 1970, we have reversed the long decline of our Merchant Marine."
"Their enactment would also expand employment and improve our balance of trade."
"He has directed the Federal Government to practice ecological leadership by using low lead gasoline and recycled paper. "
"The nostalgic notion of turning the clock back to a simpler time may be appealing but is neither practical nor desirable. "
"Water supplies are not a boundless resource. "
"Last year we proposed a broad range of actions to facilitate research and development for clean energy, provide energy resources on Federal lands, assure a timely supply of nuclear fuels, use energy more efficiently, balance environmental and energy needs and better organize Federal efforts."
"A liquid metal fast breeder reactor demonstration plant will be built with the financial support of the Atomic Energy Commission, the electric power industry and the Tennessee Valley Authority."
"We will press ahead with the space shuttle program to replace today's expendable launch vehicles and provide low cost access to space for a wide variety of missions, including those related to earth resources. "
"In addition, we have:Improved domestic policy formulation and implementation by the new Domestic Council and Office of Management and Budget within the Executive Office of the President;"
"We will continue to press for the enactment of General and Special Revenue Sharing and to pursue further initiatives both to decentralize governmental activities and to transfer more such activities to the private sector."
"The Republican Party adheres to the principle of self determination for Puerto Rico. "
"We have also expanded the funding of public broadcasting."
"We have undertaken a wide variety of demonstration programs to assure our children, particularly poor children, a good start in life  for example, the Parent and Child Center program for infant care, Home Start to strengthen the environment of the preschool child, and Health Start to explore new delivery systems of health care for young children."
"We will continue to seek out new means to reach and teach children in their crucial early years."
"To engage youthful idealism and energies more effectively, we have created the new ACTION volunteer service agency, bringing together the Peace Corps, VISTA, and other volunteer programs; "
"The Republican Party recognizes the great contributions women have made to our society as homemakers and mothers, as contributors to the community through volunteer work, and as members of the labor force in careers outside the home. "
"To help meet this need, we favor the development of publicly or privately run, voluntary, comprehensive, quality day care services, locally controlled but federally assisted, with the requirement that the recipients of these services will pay their fair share of the costs according to their ability."
"Elimination of discrimination against women in the criminal justice system, in sentencing, rehabilitation and prison facilities;"
"Strengthen private pension plans through tax deductions to encourage their expansion, improved vesting, and protection of the investments in these funds;"
"This great tradition has been carried forward by the Nixon Administration."
"More minority Americans are now in our Nation's economic mainstream than at any other time in our history, and we pledge every effort to expand these gains."
"Many Minority Enterprise Small Business Investment Companies have been licensed since 1969 to provide venture capital for minority enterprises. "
"In 1970 President Nixon approved strong new amendments to the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and we pledge continued vigilance to ensure that the rights affirmed by this act are upheld."
"Legal complexities often deny efficient remedies for deception or product failure."
"We support the establishment of an independent Consumer Protection Agency to present the consumer's case in proceedings before Federal agencies and also a consumer product safety agency in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare."
"Under Republican leadership, far more for our veterans is being done than ever before:"
"G.I. Bill education benefits have been increased more than 35 per cent. "
"Continuing attention to the needs of the Vietnam era veteran, with special emphasis on employment opportunities, education and housing."
"We do pledge a government in which the Democratic members in both houses of Congress will seek a unity of purpose on the principles of the party."
"A return to full employment will eliminate such deficits. "
"Of special importance is the need for national economic planning capability. "
"To make low interest loans to businesses and state and local governments for the purpose of encouraging private sector investment in chronically depressed areas, we endorse consideration of programs such as a domestic development bank or federally insured"
"Special problems faced by young people, especially minorities, entering the labor force persist regardless of the state of the economy. "
"and permit youth participation in public employment projects."
" The principal agencies charged with anti discrimination enforcement in jobs  the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Department of Labor, and the Justice Department  are locked into such overlapping and uncoordinated strategies that a greatly impr"
"We will eliminate unnecessary and ineffective tax provisions to business and substitute effective incentives to encourage small business and capital formation in all businesses. "
"We will seek repeal of Section 14(b) of the Taft Hartley Act which allows states to legislate the anti union open shop."
"Democrats believe that the cure for these ills is not the abandonment of governmental responsibility for addressing national problems, but the restoration of legitimate popular control over the organs and activities of government."
"The Democratic Party is pledged to the fulfillment of four fundamental citizen rights of governance: the right to competent government; "
"To assure that government remains responsive to the people's elected representatives, the Democratic Party supports stepped up congressional agency oversight and program evaluation, including full implementation of the congressional budget process; "
"We support the revision of the Hatch Act so as to extend to federal workers the same political rights enjoyed by other Americans as a birthright, while still protecting the Civil Service from political abuse."
"Freedom of information requirements must be interpreted in keeping with the right of the individual to be free from anonymous accusation or slander. "
"We support responsible cost savings in the delivery of professional services including the use of low cost paraprofessionals, efficient group practice and federal standards for state no fault insurance programs."
"We should experiment with new forms of medical care delivery to mold a national health policy that will meet our needs in a fiscally responsible manner."
"National health insurance must also bring about a more responsive consumer oriented system of health care delivery. "
"Savings will result from the removal of inefficiency and waste in the current multiple public and private insurance programs and the structural integration of the delivery system to eliminate duplication and waste. "
"The problems with our current chaotic and inequitable system of public assistance are notorious. "
"They do little or nothing for the working poor on substandard incomes. "
"We believe it is honorable to obey and implement our treaty obligations to the first Americans. "
"We support a provision in the immigration laws to facilitate acquisition of citizenship by Resident Aliens."
"The Democratic Party has always emphasized that adequate income and health care for senior citizens are basic federal government responsibilities. "
"As late as December 1975, the unemployment rate for Vietnam veterans was over 10 per cent. "
"Within the framework of a new partnership of federal, state and local governments, and the private sector, the Democratic Party is pledged to the development of America's first national urban policy. "
" The basic national goal of providing decent housing and available shelter has been sacrificed to misguided tax, spending and credit policies which were supposed to achieve price stability but have failed to meet that goal. "
"The revitalization of our cities must proceed with an understanding that housing, jobs and related community facilities are all critical to a successful program. "
"We will seek adequate levels of insured and guaranteed loans for electrification and telephone facilities."
"Almost three years have passed since the off embargo. "
"We believe such "horizontal" concentration of economic power to be dangerous both to the national interest and to the functioning of the competitive system."
"America's farm families have demonstrated their ability and eagerness to produce food in sufficient quantity to feed their fellow citizens and share with hungry people around the world as well. "
"The artifacts of the desert, the national forests, the wilderness areas, the endangered species, the coastal beaches and barrier dunes and other precious resources are in danger. "
"Instead of efforts to foster freedom and justice in the world, the Republican administration has built a sorry record of disregard for human rights, manipulative interference in the internal affairs of other nations,and, frequently, a greater concern for "
"We will reaffirm the fundamental American commitment to human rights across the globe. "
"We will prevent these corporations from interfering in the political systems of the countries in which they operate."
"Steps to be given high priority will include: revitalization of the Nonproliferation Treaty, expansion of the International Atomic Energy Agency and other international safeguards and monitoring of national facilities, cooperation against potential terror"
"and to reassure our allies and friends  notably in Western Europe, Japan and the Near East. "
"Any attempt by the Soviet Union similarly to dominate other parts of Europe  such as Yugoslavia  would be an action posing a grave threat to peace. "
"Detente must be military as well as political."
"More fundamentally, we must recognize that the general character of our foreign policies will not be set by our direct relationship with the Soviet Union. "
"Firm and positive advocacy of our positions is essential."
"We vigorously support the free passage of shipping in the Middle East  especially in the Suez Canal."
"You will see basic differences in how the two parties propose to represent you."
"This is what it says on the cover of the official printing of the Democrat Platform. "
"This Republican Platform says exactly the opposite  less government, less spending, less inflation. "
"Of course, contract or no contract, the Democrats may not honor their promises. "
"Most Republicans in Congress seem to understand this fundamental cause and effect relationship and their support in sustaining over 40 Presidential vetoes in the past two years has prevented over $13 billion in federal spending. "
"Inflation is the direct responsibility of a spendthrift Democrat controlled Congress that has been unwilling to discipline itself to live within our means. "
"That means putting an end to deficit spending. "
"Although such government "make work" programs usually provide a temporary stimulus to the economy, "quick fix" solutions of this sort  like all narcotics  lead to addition, larger and larger doses, and ultimately the destruction of far more jobs than they create. "
"When our government  through deficit spending and debasement of the currency  destroys the incentive to save and to invest, it destroys the very wellspring of American productivity. "
"No nation can spend its way into prosperity; "
"a nation can only spend its way into bankruptcy."
"Nations from whom we buy commodities should not be allowed to circumvent import restriction laws, such as the Meat Import Quota Act of 1964."
"We think that a national government grown so big that the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing has caused the condition we are in."
"seven departments and eight agencies in health; "
"The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is a typical example of a well intentioned regulatory effort which has imposed large costs but has not solved our problems."
"Revenue Sharing is an effort to reverse the trend toward centralization. "
"The possibilities of fraud are inherent in registration by mail. "
"Control of the United States Congress by the Democrat Party for 40 of the past 44 years has resulted in a system dominated by powerful individuals and riddled with corruption."
"Each Member of Congress represents his constituency and must be free to vote in accordance with the dictates of his constituency and individual conscience."
" If it is determined that sunset laws and zero based budgeting can accomplish these ends, then they will have our support. "
"All enterprises have to be encouraged to find more Jobs for young people. "
"Not only must the strongest steps be taken in the United States, but collective action must come from all nations. "
"As modern life brings changes in our society, it also puts stresses on families trying to adjust to new realities while maintaining cherished values. "
"The racial composition of many schools results from decisions by people about where they choose to live. "
"We favor a constitutional amendment to achieve this end."
"We need a comprehensive and equitable approach to the subject of mental health. "
"While we support valid medical and biological research efforts which can produce life saving results, we oppose any research on live fetuses. "
"Every child should have enough to eat. "
"Good nutrition is a prerequisite of a healthy life. "
"Wiping out past discrimination requires continued emphasis on providing educational opportunities for minority citizens, increasing direct and guaranteed loans to minority business enterprises, and affording qualified minority persons equal opportunities for government positions at all levels."
"We continue to believe its ratification is essential to insure equal rights for all Americans. "
"There are those in our Party who favor complete support for the Supreme Court decision which permits abortion on demand. "
"We recognize and value the contributions of Ethnic Americans to our free and democratic society."
"When language is a cause of discrimination, there must be an intensive educational effort to enable Spanish speaking students to become fully proficient in English while maintaining their own language and cultural heritage. "
"While we oppose strikes by public employees, we recognize that states have the right to permit them if they choose."
"and the right to be assured of ultimately receiving his or her promised pension benefits."
"We appreciate the magnificent variety of private charitable institutions which have developed in the United States."
"The cost to employers for Social Security contributions must not be raised to the point where they will be unable to afford contributions to employees' private pension programs. "
"Appropriate domiciliary care programs should be developed to enable senior citizens to receive such care without losing other benefits to which they may be entitled."
"Younger veterans, especially those who served in the Vietnam conflict, deserve education, job and housing loan benefits equivalent to those of World War II and the Korean conflict."
"We call for an expansion of the President's Committee on Urban Development and Neighborhood Revitalization to include representatives of elected state and local officials and the private sector."
"The federal government has a special responsibility to foster those elements of our national transportation system that are essential to foreign and interstate commerce and national defense. "
"Consumers pay too high a price for the artificial fare and rate structures imposed by federal regulations."
"In airplane use as in other modes of transportation, the impact on the physical environment must always be a basic consideration in federal decisions and such decisions should also include appraisals of impact on the economy. "
" It will eliminate red tape and over regulation. "
"We regret that the Democrat controlled Congress has not adopted such reform."
"The response from the Democrats in Congress was to inhibit expanded production through artificially set price and allocation controls, thereby preventing market forces from working to make energy expansion economically feasible."
"We totally oppose this expensive, inefficient and wasteful intrusion into an area which is best handled by private enterprise."
"We are proud of the progress that the current Republican Administration has made toward bringing pollution of water, land and air under control. "
"We will continue to encourage young Americans to study science and engineering."
"The arts and humanities offer an opportunity for every American to become a participant in activities that add fullness, expression, challenge and joy to our daily lives. "
" Last minute reactions to crises were the practice. "
"They know that planning for our national security must be a joint effort by the President and Congress. "
"It cannot be the subject of partisan disputes. "
"A minimum guarantee to preserve freedom and insure against blackmail and threats, and in the face of growing Soviet military power, requires a period of sustained growth in our defense effort."
"We recognize that there is a wide divergence of opinion concerning Vietnam, but we pledge that American troops will never again be committed for the purpose of our own defense, or the defense of those to whom we are committed by treaty or other solemn agreements, without the clear purpose of achieving our stated diplomatic and military objectives."
"We condemn attempts by the Cuban dictatorship to intervene in the affairs of other nations; "
"The United States intends that the Panama Canal be preserved as an international waterway for the ships of all nations. "
"At the same time, Republic Administrations have succeeded in reestablishing communication with the Arab countries, and have made extensive progress in our diplomatic and commercial relations with the more moderate Arab nations."
"Our friendship for the African countries is expressed in support for continued peaceful economic development, expansion of trade, humanitarian relief efforts and our belief that the entire continent should be free from outside military intervention. "
"The interests of peace and security in Africa are best served by the absence of arms and greater concentration on peaceful development. "
"The United States does not wish to dictate to the U.N., yet we do have every right to expect and insist that scrupulous care be given to the rights of all members. "
"We strongly condemn illegal corporate payments made at home and abroad. "
"While we shall support a global increase of investment in natural resources of all types, we shall also oppose the replacement of the free market mechanism by cartels, price fixing arrangements or commodity agreements. "
"If we fail in this important task...if we fail to lay the issues squarely before the American people, we could well allow the federal government to revert to four years of Republicanism  neglect of the poor and disadvantaged, disdain for working men and women, compassion only for the rich and the privileged, failure to meet the challenges of energy, inflation and unemployment, and a breakdown of the partnership among local, state and federal governments. "
"We as Democrats must not let this happen."
"As a result of this legacy, our nation is still subject to the oil pricing and production decisions of foreign countries."
"Time and time again in these past four years, a Democratic Congress and a Democratic President proved that they were willing to make the tough decisions."
" Time and events may alter their priority or prospects. "
"In 1980, we pledge a truly Democratic economic policy to secure a prosperous economic future."
"The effects of the short term effort are now evident: inflation is beginning to come down. "
"   Real after tax income per person increased by 10.3 percent."
"   The inflationary impact must be minimized; "
"   Reductions provided to individuals must be weighted to help low and middle income individuals and families, to improve consumer purchasing power, and to enhance a growing economy while maintaining and strengthening the overall progressive nature of the tax code;"
"cooperative efforts with labor and management to retool the steel, auto and shipbuilding industries; "
"promote reciprocal trading terms for nations doing business here; "
"We must make international trade a major focus of our domestic and international policy. "
"We have been able to do this, while restraining the growth in federal spending, because the country has had a growing economy; "
"We support federal legislation designed to give protection and human rights to those workers affected by plant closings."
"Legislation to transfer from the SBA to the Farmers Home Administration responsibility for providing loans to farmers in financial need."
"Continued efforts to end federal regulations which reinforce barriers to entry by new and small firms and which thereby entrench the dominance of market leaders."
"   Expand management, technical, and training assistance for minority firms, and strengthen minority capital development under the SBA's Minority Enterprise Small Business Investment Company (MESBIC) program."
"As the key office within the federal government for these programs, the Office of Women's Business Enterprise in SBA must be strengthened through adequate staffing and funding, and should receive continued emphasis by key White House and Office of Management and Budget personnel."
"   Curtailment of abuses in sale of credit life insurance."
"We pledge vigorous antitrust enforcement in those areas of the economy which are not regulated by government and in those which are, we pledge an agency by agency review to prevent regulation from frustrating competition."
"The Democratic Party has a proud record of responding to the human needs of our citizens. "
"Our progress has been significant, and in many areas unprecedented."
"We must establish alternatives to the present provisions for long term care, including adequate support systems and physical and occupational therapy in the home arid the community, to make it unnecessary to institutionalize people who could lead productive lives at home."
"We must provide adequate funding for alcohol and drug abuse research and treatment centers designed to meet the special needs of women, and end the currently widespread discrimination, based on sex, age, race, and ethnicity, in alcohol and drug abuse programs."
"All Americans, regardless of age, must be afforded an opportunity to participate in the mainstream of society, and in activities at local and national levels, as useful citizens. "
"The Democratic Party will continue to be concerned with the provision of services for these groups, increasingly composed of women without access to family care. "
"No group in our society deserves the commitment and respect of the Democratic Party more than the elderly."
"They have a continuing reservoir of talent, skill and experience to contribute to our future."
"We hereby make a covenant with the elderly of America that as we have kept the Social Security trust fund sound and solvent in the past, we shall keep it sound and solvent in the years ahead."
"   A 3 percent increase in primary benefit amounts has been added;"
"If government needs to expand the tax base, additional taxation should be borne by those most able to pay."
"The roles of the federal, state, and local governments, and of the courts are scrambled, with each vying for power and control over delivery. "
"We must provide an income floor both for the working poor and the poor not in the labor market. "
"As state and local governments modify other benefit programs on which low income people depend, the Food Stamp Program becomes increasingly important. "
"This is a critical part of the national health debate, and should be handled as such. "
"Last year's 120 percent increase in energy prices by OPEC led to a drastic decrease in the ability of needy families to pay for other necessities of life. "
"   The Middle Income Student Assistance Act was adopted, expanding eligibility for need based student financial aid to approximately one third of the students enrolled in post secondary education;"
"The federal government and the states should be encouraged to equalize or take over educational expenses, relieving the overburdened property taxpayer."
"We reaffirm our strong support for Title I concentration grants for remedial instruction for low income students. "
"Vocational and technical education is a viable tool for establishing people in their own business through entrepreneurship programs."
"The Party continues to support adult education and training to upgrade basic skills."
"It is not only morally right, but also far less expensive, for government to assist children in growing up whole, strong and able, than to pay the bill later for children and adults with health, social and educational problems. "
"The Democratic Party shall seek vigorously to enact an adequately funded, comprehensive quality child care program based upon a national commitment to meet the health, safety, and educational needs of all children. "
"Juvenile delinquency and other problems of young people, like truancy and running away, are often manifestations of serious problems in other areas  family, school, employment, or emotional disturbance. "
"These funds must be redirected in a cogent manner, to provide a comprehensive response to the housing problem. "
"The Democratic Party commits itself to a balanced, competitive transportation system for the efficient movement of people and goods."
"The vital artery of urban America is mass transit. "
"The Democratic Party pledges to strengthen the nation's mass transit systems. "
"To meet the needs of international commerce and national security, this nation must have a strong, competitive and efficient American flag ocean transportation system. "
"Furthermore, we pledge continued commitment to the Merchant Marine Act of 1970 and greater utilization of the private merchant marine by the Navy for its support functions."
"and the public works of our cities had been allowed to decay. "
"We recognize that no urban policy can completely succeed in a period of high inflation and deepening recession."
"This jobs policy  and the need to guarantee a job for every American who is able to work  is our single highest domestic priority, and will take precedence over all other domestic priorities."
"   Continuing to reduce discriminatory redlining practices in the mortgage and insurance industries."
"The Administration has encouraged the arts and humanities through appropriate federal programs for the citizens of our smallest communities, as well as those of our largest cities. "
"During the 1980s, the Party is committed to:   Continuing federal encouragement and support for institutions relating to the arts and to learning in the humanities;"
"The Democratic Party firmly commits itself to protect the civil fights of every citizen and to pursue justice and equal treatment under the law for all citizens."
"We must recognize the value of cultural diversity in education, expand bilingual facilities, and guarantee full protection of the civil and human rights of all workers."
"developed the government's first comprehensive program to protect privacy; "
"enact charters for the FBI and the intelligence agencies which recognize vital civil liberty concerns while enabling those agencies to perform their important national security tasks; "
"Of the six women who have served in Cabinet positions, three have been Carter appointees."
"We must face the task of making federal facilities and modes of transportation fully accessible."
"Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led this nation's effort to provide all of its citizens with civil rights and equal opportunities. "
"and the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights held a Consultation on Battered Women in 1978."
"The unique cultures, fragile economies, and locations of our Caribbean and Pacific Islands are distinct assets to the United States which require the sensitive application of policy. "
"The Democratic Party respects and supports the desire of the people of Puerto Rico to associate, by their own will freely expressed in a peaceful and democratic process, in permanent union with the United States either as a commonwealth or as a state, or to become an independent nation. "
"They have traditionally been the backbone of the labor movement and an integral part of the Democratic Party."
"We also believe that Medicare should be made available to Americans abroad who are eligible for Social Security."
"Over the last rotor years the Democratic Administration and the Democratic Congress have built a dramatic government reform record. "
"For the regulatory programs our country does need, the Administration has established a new management system. "
"Under Executive Order 12044, agencies are reviewing and eliminating outdated rules and analyzing the full impact of new rules before they are issued. "
"They are developing alternative regulatory approaches which can reduce compliance costs without sacrificing goals. "
"Therefore, we pledge to seek tax reforms which:   Encourage savings by low and middle income taxpayers;"
"   Simplify the tax code and ease the burden on taxpayers in the preparation of their tax returns;"
"The Carter Administration has taken solid steps toward correcting this serious problem. "
"The Democratic Party is pledged to continuing its strong record of providing needed assistance to local law enforcement. "
"We reaffirm our support for the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Act and the Runaway Youth Act as responses to the serious challenge of youth crime."
"The private expression statutes guarantee the protection and security of the mail for all Americans. "
"The struggle to develop an energy policy was difficult and time consuming. "
"Through the federal government's commitment to renewable energy sources and energy efficiency, and as alternative fuels become available in the future, we will retire nuclear power plants in an orderly manner."
"Neither the federal government nor the state or tribal or territorial governments should be permitted to act in a manner that forces an unsafe resolution of this problem or prevents a safe resolution from being accomplished."
"We will fund adequately the Land and Water Conservation Fund to protect our national park system."
"Working with Congress, the Democratic Administration will implement a national water policy which recognizes the special needs of the West. "
"We support a federal study, in partnership with the affected states, to explore possibilities and recommend alternatives relative to importation of water into arid and semi arid states. "
"The Democratic Party strongly supports the desalinization of sea water and the development of water resources in those areas of the country where water is scarce."
"An aggressive program of export promotion resulted in record high agricultural exports in each of the past three years."
"Protecting farm prices and farm income   Rapidly rising costs of production, especially energy costs, make it imperative that we increase the level of support for farm prices and income by increasing target prices to cover the cost of production. "
"We support laws requiring disclosure of all foreign ownership of farmland and we will continue to monitor such ownership to determine its impact on our farms."
"America's national forests contain a national treasure that provides recreation, wilderness, fish and wildlife, and timber products."
"   The U.S. share of the catch in our 200 mile fisheries conservation zone increased from 27 percent in 1978 to 33 percent in 1979;"
"We have tried to make clear the continuing importance of American strength in a world of change. "
"As we continue to strive to solve our own internal problems, we are proud of the values for which the United States has always stood."
"A foreign policy which seeks to blend our ideals and our strength does not easily reduce itself to simple statements."
"The strength of these two impulses  our moral commitment and national security  has sustained the Democratic Administration in many difficult trials. "
"We must reject the easy mythology that the Soviets see the world as we do."
"Consideration of human rights should be a permanent feature of U.S. Soviet relations. "
"We will pursue other arms control opportunities that can enhance both our national security and the prospects of peace."
"For example, Mexico faces the pressure of migration from Central America."
"The Democratic Administration will also take needed measures to protect American interests in the Persian Gulf, including energy security, regional stability, and national independence. "
"We must do all that is possible, consistent with our interest in a strong NATO in southern Europe and stability in the eastern Mediterranean, to encourage a fair settlement of the Cyprus issue, which has caused so much suffering in that area."
"It was the imaginative leadership of this Administration which breathed new life into an otherwise somnolent negotiation."
"   Implementation of the government procurement code only as negotiated and on a truly reciprocal basis."
"The Administration has supported change within a Democratic framework; "
"it must cease subversive activities throughout the Hemisphere; "
"The establishment of normal diplomatic and economic relations with China is an historic foreign policy achievement."
"The Democratic Party recognize the important role the U.S. territories and other emerging island states in the Pacific Basin play in the solidification of defense and economic ties with the ASEAN nations. "
"We were becoming, in African eyes, irrelevant  even antagonistic  to African aspirations."
"Our diplomatic efforts there have been instrumental in helping to bring about a peaceful settlement in Rhodesia  now Zimbabwe  while lessening Soviet/Cuban influence in the area. "
"We will continue to assist in the reconstruction and development of an independent Zimbabwe, as a means of promoting stability in the region."
"We support increased pressure through legal diplomatic sanctions on the oppressive South African regime."
"Their efforts must be expanded to meet more fully the urgent needs of the two thirds of the world's population which suffers the damaging and depressing effects of underdevelopment."
"We support the U.S. position on freedom of the press to be voted again in Belgrade during the 1980 UNESCO meeting."
"We support the call in Section 503 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act of 1978, for the United States to make "a major effort toward reforming and restructuring the United Nations system.""
"Our country moves agonizingly, aimlessly, almost helplessly into one of the most dangerous and disorderly periods in history."
" Our energy supplies become even more dependent on uncertain foreign suppliers. "
"A defense of the individual against government was never more needed. "
"But we will redefine and broaden the debate by transcending the narrow terms of government and the individual; "
"It has long been a fundamental conviction of the Republican Party that government should foster in our society a climate of maximum individual liberty and freedom of choice. "
"This diversity fosters a dynamism in American society that is the envy of the world.ppp "
"These same tax policies subsidize debt, unemployment, and consumption. "
"This is especially so for those whose new income from a job is either equal to, or marginally greater than, the amount received on welfare. "
" By fostering dependency and discouraging self reliance, the Democratic Party has created a welfare constituency dependent on its continual subsidies."
"They have been either unable or unwilling to attack the welfare fraud that diverts resources away from the truly poor. "
"They have sacrificed the needy to the greedy, and sent the welfare bills to the taxpayers."
"Republicans recognize the very special sacrifice of those who have served in our nation's armed forces. "
"In particular we feel it is of vital importance to continue and expand the health programs provided to veterans through the Veterans Administration hospitals. "
"We are also committed to maintaining the pension program for those who have served during a period of war, for those who were disabled and impoverished, and for their widows and orphans."
" It has dissipated savings through depreciation of the dollar, enforced price controls on private exchange of goods, attempted to enforce severe land use controls, and mistreated hundreds of thousands of national park and forest inholders."
"Instead, we vigorously support the right of personal mobility and freedom as exemplified by the automobile and our modern highway system. "
"Republicans recognize the need for further improvement in highway safety. "
"The essence of freedom is the right of law abiding individuals to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness without undue governmental intervention. "
"Too often in the past, barriers have been raised to their education, employment, transportation, health care, housing, recreation, and insurance. "
"Regardless of one's position on ERA, we demand that this practice cease."
"With current population trends, by the year 2020, 15.5 percent of our population will be over 65; "
"The Social Security system is still biased against women, and non existent pension plans combine with that to produce a [p.9] bereft elderly woman. "
"However, equal opportunity should not be jeopardized by bureaucratic regulations and decisions which rely on quotas, ratios, and numerical requirements to exclude some individuals in favor of others, thereby rendering such regulations and decisions inherently discriminatory."
"The Republican Party vigorously supports the right of the United States citizens of Puerto Rico to be admitted into the Union as a fully sovereign state after they freely so determine. "
"Its daily lessons  cooperation, tolerance, mutual concern, responsibility, industry  are fundamental to the order and progress of our Republic. "
"We are dismayed that the Carter Administration cruelly reneged on promises made during the 1976 campaign. "
"These could enable them to choose their own health coverage, including protection from the catastrophic costs of major long term illness, without compulsory regimentation."
"Republicans are committed to the enactment of a youth differential in the minimum wage and other vitally needed incentives for the creation of jobs for our young."
"Federal programs for the elderly, such as Medicare and Supplemental Security Income, must address, humanely and generously, the special circumstances of those who choose to stay with thir families rather than enter a nursing home or other institution."
"Now the bill has come due, and the workers of America are staggering under their new tax burdens. "
"To meet this country's commitments to Social Security recipients, present and future, we need more people at work, earning more money, thereby paying more into the trust funds. "
"We will:Cut taxes, increase incentives to save, restore sound money, and stimulate capital investment to create jobs;"
"Due to the disastrous policies of the Carter Administration and the Democratic Congress, however, the goal of homeownership and all that aspiration entails is now in jeopardy. "
"This will help particularly to make homeownership an accessible dream for younger families, encouraging them not to despair of ever having a home of their own, but to begin working and saving for it now. "
"In remaining programs, particular emphasis should be [p.15] given to rehabilitation and preservation of existing housing stock as a priority in federal housing policy."
"Republicans are committed to ensuring that neighborhoods will be safe places in which families and individuals can live, and we support and encourage community crime fighting efforts such as neighborhood crime watch and court monitoring programs."
"The existence and application of strong penalties are effective disincentives to criminal actions. "
" We pledge the enactment of legislation to ban the utilization of federal funds by grantees of the Legal Services Corporation to render their services in cases involving the pushing or smuggling of drugs as well as in cases of repeat offenders. "
"Because of the long planning and construction times inherent in bus, rail, and other mass transit systems, a consistent and dependable source of revenue should be established."
"We categorically reject this approach. "
"Only that part of national income which goes into savings and which is not consumed by government deficits is available to finance real economic growth."
"[p.17] Unless taxes are reduced and federal spending is restrained, our nation's economy faces continued inflation, recession, and economic stagnation. "
"To those individuals who have lost their jobs because of the Carter recession, we pledge to ensure that they receive their rightfully earned unemployment compensation benefits."
"The Republican Party believes that protectionist tariffs and quotas are detrimental to our economic well being."
" Republicans support the creation of comprehensive programs for disadvantaged youth which would offer pre employment training, education, instruction, and job placement and retention services. "
"All of these initiatives will receive immediate attention from a Republican Administration and Congress."
"In contradiction to 1976 Carter campaign promises to cut back on regulation, the number of pages in the Federal Register devoted to new rules and regulations has increased from 57,072 in 1976 to 77,497 in 1979 and will approach 90,000 by the end of 1980."
" Such a moratorium will be consistent with the goal of achieving a safe and healthy working environment. "
"Attention to the quality of life in our rural areas is a vital necessity because rural Americans impart a special strength to the national character."
" It is our goal to assure that all rural citizens  whether they are farmers or not  have the same consideration in matters of economic development, in energy, credit and transportation availability, and in employment opportunities which is given to those who live in towns and cities."
"Comprehensive labor legislation, which will be fair to American workers and encourage better relations with our neighbors in Mexico and Canada with whom we wish to establish a working North American Accord, is an essential endeavor. "
"It is essential to the well being and security of our nation that an adequate rural transportation system be restored as a vital link between rural areas and their markets, both domestic and export. "
"The emergence of policies and programs which will revitalize the free enterprise system and reverse the trend toward regulation is essential."
"Education and involvement in the system are the best means to accomplish this. "
"They are also more efficient because block grants and revenue sharing relieve both local government and the federal government from the costly and complicated process of program application, implementation, and review associated with the categorical grant system."
"Present levels of public and private investment will not preserve the existing system. "
"Increased emphasis must he placed on the importance of having a well balanced national transportation system where highways, passenger vehicles, buses, trucks, pipe lines, and rail, water, and air transportation each provide those services which it does best, while offering the widest range of reasonable choices for both passenger and freight movement. "
"Three and one half years ago, President Carter declared energy the "moral equivalent of war" and sent Congress 109 recommendations for action, including the creation of a new Department of Energy. "
"This optimism stands in stark contrast to the grim predictions of the Democrats who have controlled Congress for the last 25 years."
"Republicans believe that in order to address our energy problem we must maximize our domestic energy production capability."
"The immediate adoption of this policy is essential to an orderly approach to the great problem of oppressed people seeking entry, so that the deserving can be accepted in America without adding to their hardships."
"Elsewhere in this platform, we have pledged for the sale of individual freedom and economic growth to cut personal income tax rates for all. "
"Republicans believe that these tax rate reductions should be complemented by firm limitations on the growth of federal spending as provided by the Roth Kemp Bill. "
"We consider inflation and its impact on jobs to be the greatest domestic threat facing our nation today. "
"Ultimately, inflation is a decline in the value of the dollar, the monetary standard, in terms of the goods it can buy. "
"The same people who have so massively expanded government spending should not be allowed politically to dominate our monetary policy."
" Therefore, the Republican Party opposes the imposition of wage and price controls and credit controls."
"The general principles and goals of this strategy would be:To inspire, focus, and unite the national will and determination to achieve peace and freedom;"
"To reestablish effective security and intelligence capabilities;"
"Nuclear weapons are the ultimate military guarantor of American security and that of our allies. "
" This decline has resulted from Mr. Carter's cancellation or delay of strategic initiatives like the B   1 bomber, the MX missile, and the Trident II submarine missile programs and from his decisions to close the Minuteman production line and forego production of enhanced radiation weapons."
"Deployment of an air defense system comprised of dedicated modern interceptor aircraft and early warning support systems;"
"We believe it is not feasible at this time, and in the long term would be unworkable, to deploy massive U.S. ground forces to such areas as the Persian Gulf on a permanent basis as we do in Europe and elsewhere. "
"Of all of the services, the Navy and Marines have suffered most from Mr. Carter's cuts. "
" Under Mr. Carter, the all volunteer force has not been given a fair chance to succeed. "
" The backlog of deferred maintenance and the underfunded purchase of vital combat consumables is so vast that years of effort will be required to rebuild U.S. forces to the required level of readiness."
"However, the United States requires a realistic assessment of the threats it faces, and it must have the best intelligence capability in the world. "
"We must recognize and be prepared to deal with the reality of expanded Soviet sponsorship of international terrorist movements. "
"First, before arms control negotiations may be undertaken, the security of the United States must be assured by the funding and deployment of strong military forces sufficient to deter conflict at any level or to prevail in battle should aggression occur;"
"Second, by not insisting upon corresponding concessions from the Soviet Union it has, in effect, practiced unilateral disarmament and removed any incentives for the Soviets to negotiate for what they could obviously achieve by waiting. "
"Republicans oppose the transfer of high technology to the Soviet Union and its Eastern European satellites, such as has been done in the past, permitting development of sophisticated military hardware which threatens the United States and our allies. "
"The Carter Administration has encouraged the most extensive raid on American technology by the Soviet bloc since World War II. "
"We oppose Mr. Carter's singling out the American farmer to bear the brunt of his failed foreign policy by imposition of a partial and incompetently managed grain embargo. "
"Because of his failure to obtain cooperation from other grain exporting countries, the [p.37] embargo has been a travesty and a substitute for policy. "
"Republicans deplore the current drifts toward neutralism in Western Europe. "
"These Carter Administration inconsistencies have caused disunity in the Alliance. "
"We fully recognize the strategic importance of Israel and the deterrent role of its armed forces in the Middle East and East West military equations."
"A new Republican Administration will immediately begin high level, comprehensive negotiations, seeking solutions to common problems on the basis of mutual interest and recognizing that each country has unique contributions to make in resolving practical problems."
"We will foster the deep affinity that exists between our two nations and our policies will be based on mutual understanding and complete equality."
"Japan will continue to be a pillar of American policy in Asia. "
" We value the special contribution the people of Thailand have made to the refugees by opening their borders and saving hundreds of thousands of them from death, and we pledge to provide full economic aid and military material to assist Thailand in repelling Vietnamese aggression."
"We believe that they know the Communist powers have relatively little to offer them and that, for the most part, the African peoples are convinced that the West is central to world stability and economic growth on which their own fortunes ultimately depend."
"Only by private economic development by the people of the nations involved has poverty ever been overcome. "
"It has reduced the ability of friendly nations to defend their independence against Soviet sponsored subversion, resulting in several cases in abject takeovers by overtly pro Soviet regimes; and"
"The American economy has an abundance of human and material resources, but nevertheless, it is part of a larger global economy. "
"The Republicans will put it there and will promote trade to ensure the long term health of the U.S. economy."
"We will not stand idly by as the jobs of millions of Americans in domestic industries, such as automobiles, textiles, steel, and electronics are jeopardized and lost. "
"We must arrest the significant decline of recent years in the ability of American flag shipping to compete effectively for the carriage of world commerce."
"Republicans pledge to promote allied defense cooperation to assure protection from military threats to overseas resources. "
"The President who destroyed the Environmental Protection Agency will decide whether toxic dumps get cleaned up. "
"We believe in the inspiration of American dreams, and the power of progressive ideals. "
"To build that America, we must meet the challenge of long term, sustainable, noninflationary economic growth. "
"To a child, economic growth means the promise of quality education. "
"Our program will be bold and comprehensive. "
"The Reagan deficits mortgage the future and threaten the present."
"Another term will bring four more years of negligence and neglect. "
"Between 1980 and 1982, more than two million younger Americans joined the ranks of the poor: the sharpest increase on record."
"Black infants are now twice as likely as white infants to die during the first year of life. "
"If Mr. Reagan is reelected, will we ensure that our children are able to enjoy a clean, healthy environment? "
"Protecting our natural heritage   its beauty and its richness   is not a partisan issue."
"The world has changed, but Ronald Reagan does not understand."
"Financial markets are also closely linked. "
"A recession in Europe will limit the profits of U.S. subsidiaries operating in the European market. "
"But, like the responsibility for decent housing and health care, it is one where federal leadership and support are essential."
"Third, the Reagan program has ignored the fundamental changes that are sweeping through the structure of American industry, the diversity of the economy and the challenges various sectors face. "
"Small businesses are a growing force in innovation, employment, and the long term strength of the American economy."
"In practice, the theory failed because it did not take into account the diversity within our economy. "
"We are coming to understand that in an expanding number of markets, industrial strategies, rather than just the energies of individual firms, influence competitive success."
"In dollars it amounted to almost 200 billion  more than three times larger than the deficit Ronald Reagan campaigned against in 1980."
"According to the proposed budget, at the end of his second term Reagan by himself will have put this country three times deeper into debt than all our other Presidents combined."
" This huge allocation will do nothing to reduce the principal of the debt: it will only finance the interest payments."
" Non defense discretionary spending, to be productively invested in programs to benefit the poor and middle class, and to build our social capital, is being overwhelmed by the enormous sum of money wasted on interest payments."
"  Interest payments on the debt are rising at an alarming rate. "
"High interest rates will eventually take their toll on domestic investment, make their own contribution to inflationary pressure (while eventually slowing growth and inflation), and increase the tensions in the domestic banking system. "
"They will also have a potentially devastating impact on the international economy. "
"Agriculture is a clear example of government cooperation with a highly competitive private sector that has yielded a harvest of economic results that is the envy of the world. "
"American business was faced with a double whammy  empty order books and high interest rates. "
"The Reagan Administration then prepared for the election year by "staying the course" in fiscal policy (pumping up demand with huge deficits) and sharply reversing the course in monetary policy."
"For every one million workers who go back to work, our country produces an additional $60 70 billion in goods and adds $25 billion to the Federal treasury. "
"The very wealthiest in out society have been big winners  but future generations of Americans will be the losers."
"The Americans coming of age today face a future less secure and less prosperous than their parents did  unless we change course. "
"My unemployment benefits are exhausted too…"
"Moreover, the social and economic fabric of the nation will be strengthened as millions of Americans who presently are frozen out of productive and dignified employment become contributing citizens."
"It distorts investment, diverting creative energies into tax avoidance. "
"Our tax code can let the market put our country's savings to the best use."
"Economic distortions must be eliminated."
"Helping these children makes good moral sense  and sound economic sense. "
"Seeing that supplemental food programs for low income pregnant women and infants reach all those eligible will do more than save the $40,000 now spent to treat one low birth weight infant in a neo natal ward. "
"If we are to make any headway in breaking the cycle of child abuse, both victims and offenders must have access to treatment programs."
"We know more about the number of matches sold than about the number of children across the country who die in fires while alone at home. "
"Over 6,000 young people took their lives in 1983, and for each actual suicide 50 to 100 other youths attempted suicide. "
"No public investment is more important than the one we make in the minds, skills and discipline of our people. "
"But, the Reagan Administration offers misleading homilies about the importance of education while aggressively slashing education programs. "
"We know that the education of our citizens is critical to our democracy. "
"We will pay special attention to the needs of the handicapped."
"And, we will supplement community based programs encouraging students who have left school due to teenage parenthood, alcohol and drug abuse, or economic difficulties at home, to complete their education. "
"Private schools, particularly parochial schools, are also an important part of our diverse educational system. "
"As scholars or artists, the museum goers or students, craftsmen and craftswomen or the millions who use our libraries, countless Americans have a stake in a nation that honors and rejoices in intelligence and imagination. "
"Unemployment for black teenagers stands at 44 percent  a 20 percent increase in the last three years. "
"As Democrats, we recognize that infrastructure is the basis for efficient commerce and industry. "
"Until very recently, the United States operated with a domestic financial system that was built in response to the stock market crash Of 1929, the massive series of bank failures that accompanied the Great Depression, and the speculative excesses of the stock market. "
"The domestic financial market became closely tied to the international market, which in turn had become larger, more competitive, and more volatile. "
"access, the ability of all Americans, not just a privileged few, to take advantage of this growing array of information services and sources; "
"The Democratic Party has remotely reaffirmed the belief that American citizens should be able to find adequate shelter at reasonable cost. "
"It is the right thing to do and it 'makes economic sense to preserve our own economic investment. "
"Partnership, cooperation and participation are central to economic growth. "
"Under the Reagan Administration, the critical missions of agencies such as the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have been ignored and subverted. "
"As Democrats, we share that belief in independence. "
"As Democrats, our goal is to increase civilian research and development in this country, to expand its commercial application, and to provide more industries with the opportunity to take advantage of it."
"While we have greatly expanded our output of services, our share of manufactured products is now just one fifth of the world's total."
"We will not allow our workers and our industries to be displaced by either unfair import competition, or irrational fiscal and monetary policies. "
"and recognizes the legitimate interests of American workers, farmers and businesses."
" This can promote improved trade relations and a stronger American and world economy. "
"Ronald Reagan has hung a "for sale" sign on America's independent, family based system of agricultural production. "
"Recognizing that the elderly and the poor suffer most from high energy costs, the Democratic Party supports special, lower electricity and natural gas rates for senior citizens and low income Americans. "
"The Democratic Party supports revitalizing the Environmental Protection Agency by providing it with a budget increase adequate to allow it to carry out its substantially increased responsibility to protect the people and enforce the law."
"and worker right to know requirements."
"The Democratic Party supports adequate funding of and restoration of federal programs to protect fully national parks, wildlife refuges, and wilderness areas from external and internal threats. "
"We support major new water policy efforts addressing several national needs:"
"The goal for the coming decades is not only full justice under the law, but economic justice as well."
"It will not do simply to guarantee women a place in the work force  women deserve an equal chance at a career leading to the board of directors."
"As Democrats, we believe that human rights and an economy of opportunity are two sides of the same coin of justice. "
"No economic program can be considered just unless it advances the opportunity of all to live a better, more dignified life. "
"No American is afforded economic justice when he or she is denied an opportunity to reap the rewards of economic growth. "
" Today, five of the nine members of that Court are over 75. "
"Thirty percent of the Corporation's lawyers have been laid off, and the Administration exhausted every means it could find to stack its Board with people hostile to the very concept of equal justice for the poor."
"What would happen if Mr. Reagan is reelected? "
"For almost forty years, we have fought proudly for that cause. "
"The Democratic Party is committed to reversing regressive Reagan policies and to providing more adequate food aid for poor families, infants, children, elderly and handicapped persons. "
"We will reverse current Administration policies that permit the widespread overclassification of documents lacking a relationship to our national security. "
"Although the primary responsibility for law enforcement rests at the local level. "
"Today, in our country, there are 25 million regular abusers of marijuana, close to 12 million abusers of cocaine, and half a million heroin addicts. "
"We must see change as an opportunity as well as a challenge. "
"We must abandon the illusion that ever more sophisticated technology can remove the perils that science and technology have created."Statement by Dr Jerome B. Wiesner, Dr. Carl Sagan, Dr. Henry Kendall, and Admiral Noel Gayler (Democratic Platform Committee Hearing, Washington, D.C., June 12, 1984)"
"He has launched his trillion dollar "Slat Wars" arms race in space."
"After three and one half years of Mr. Reagan's tunnel vision, extremism is stronger, our democratic friends are weaker, and we are further than ever from achieving peace and security in the region. "
"Let us paraphrase the question he asked in 1980: Are we safer today than we were three and a half years ago? "
"Americans throughout this land are answering with a resounding no."
"America elects its President to lead. It does not elect its President to make excuses."
""I do not see why we think of our nation as so weak and so vulnerable. "
"The Democratic Party believes that the purpose of nuclear weapons is to deter war, not to fight it. "
"Today we stand at one of the most critical junctures in the arms race since the explosion of the first atomic bomb. "
"  Cancel destabilizing or duplicative weapons systems, while proceeding in the absence of appropriate arms control agreements with necessary modernization of our strategic forces."
"A Democratic Administration will comprehend that the gravest political and security dangers in the developing world flow from conditions that open opportunities for the Soviet Union and its surrogates: poverty, repression and despair. "
"*          Where our objectives threaten unacceptable costs or unreasonable levels of military force;"
"In strong contrast to President Reagan's failure to apply effective diplomacy in Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean, a Democratic President will act with urgency and determination to make a balanced policy in the area and a peaceful resolution of the Cyprus dispute a key foreign policy priority. "
"A Democratic President will utilize all available U.S. foreign policy instruments and will play an active, instead of a passive, role in the efforts to secure implementation of U.N. Resolutions so as to achieve removal of Turkish troops, the return of refugees, reestablishment of the integrity of the Republic of Cyprus, and respect for all citizens' human rights on Cyprus."
"We must see the Soviet Union as it is  neither minimizing the threats that Soviet power and policies pose to U.S. interests, nor exaggerating the strength of a Soviet regime beset by economic stagnation and saddled with a bankrupt and sterile ideology. "
"The Democratic Party agrees with Lech Walesa that the underground Solidarity movement must not be deprived of union freedoms. "
"We re emphasize the fundamental principle that the prerequisite for a lasting peace in the Middle East remains an Israel with secure and defensible borders, strong beyond a shadow of a doubt; that the basis for peace is the unequivocal recognition of Israel's right to exist by all other states; "
"The strategic importance of Central America is not in doubt, nor is the fact that the Soviet Union, Cuba and Nicaragua have all encouraged instability and supported revolution in the region. "
"America must find a different approach. "
"Rarely does it think in terms of what it can do with them. "
"  the future belongs as much to the people of the region  the politically forgotten and the economically deprived  as it does to the rich and powerful elite;"
"  efforts to isolate Cuba only serve to make it more dependent on the Soviet Union: U.S. diplomatic skills must be employed to reduce that level of dependence and to explore the differences that divide us with a view to stabilizing our relations with Cuba. "
"how they are conducted will be an indication of Nicaragua's willingness to move in the direction of genuine democracy."
"A Democratic President would seek to work with the countries of the Caribbean to strengthen democratic institutions. "
"Africa  The Democratic Party will advocate a set of bold new initiatives for Third World nations in general and Africa in particular. "
"Australia and New Zealand. A Democratic President will honor and strengthen our security commitment to ANZUS as well as to other Southeast Asian friends."
"The next Democratic President will support development policies that meet the basic needs of the poor for food, water, energy, medical care, and shelter rather than "trickle down" policies that never reach those on the bottom. "
"The struggle to meet their external debts has slashed the purchasing power of these developing countries and forced them to curtail imports from the U.S. "
"He or she will support and defend the observance of basic human rights called for in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Helsinki Final Act. "
"The Democratic Party believes that whether it is in response to totalitarianism in the Soviet Union or repression in Latin America and East Asia, to apartheid in South Africa or martial law in Poland, to terrorism in Libya or the reign of terror in Iran, or to barbaric aggression in Southeast Asia and Afghanistan, the foreign policy of the United States must be unmistakably on the side of those who love freedom."
"If everything depends on freedom  and it does  then securing freedom, at home and around the world, is one of the most important endeavors a free people can undertake."
"The role of the federal government should be limited. "
"The cost of living had jumped 45 percent in the Carter Mondale years. "
"Americans are better off than they were four years ago, and they're still improving. "
"(g) oil prices down 35 percent in real terms; and "
"These sound economic policies have succeeded. "
"In fact, these taxpayers now pay a smaller percentage of total income taxes than they did in 1980; "
" Low  and moderate income taxpayers benefit the most from indexing and would bear the brunt of the hidden tax increases if it were repealed."
"However, we do believe that any business income unrelated to the religious function of the institution should be subject to the same taxes paid by competing businesses."
"The resulting recession dramatically increased the deficit, and government spending continues at an unacceptable level."
"The Gold Standard may be a useful mechanism for realizing the Federal Reserve's determination to adopt monetary policies needed to sustain price stability."
"In many fields, government regulation either did not achieve its goals or made limited improvements at exorbitant costs. "
"We have all but eliminated those disastrous policies. "
"Energy efficiency increased by 12 percent since 1980, with lower costs to businesses and families. "
"Despite that remarkable beginning, much remains to be done."
"Debt payments, combined with record cost of production levels, have presented many farmers and ranchers with severe cash flow problems. "
"Thus, one begins to understand the origins of the financial stress farmers and ranchers are experiencing today. "
"            Responded to the emergency financial needs of farmers and ranchers stricken by drought and flood."
"We have begun the turnaround on farm and ranch incomes. "
"Whether farmers or not, all rural  citizens should have the same consideration as those who live in towns and cities in economic [p.16] development, energy, credit, transportation availability, and employment. "
"Agriculture is an international advantage for the United States."
" But a successful farm and ranch policy demands earnest attention to building on the strength of our domestic production capacity and to developing world markets, for American agriculture cannot be prosperous without exports."
"America has a long history of helping those in need, and the responsibility for food assistance has been shared by federal and State governments and neighborhood volunteers. "
"Republicans support comprehensive farm labor legislation, fair to workers and employers, to protect consumers from work stoppages which disrupt the flow of food."
"Republicans also recognize the tremendous efforts of commercial fishers to bring nutritious seafood products to market, thus strengthening America's food base."
"The recent tremendous expansion of international trade has increased the standard of living worldwide. "
"As a first step, we call on our trading partners to join in a new round of trade negotiations to revise the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade in order to strengthen it. "
"Only government could have wasted billions of dollars to create the instant slums which disgrace our cities."
"We have targeted benefits to the needy through tighter eligibility standards, enforced child support laws, and encouraged "workfare" in the States. "
"As part of a comprehensive simplification of the federal tax code, we will restore the real value of their personal tax exemptions so that families, particularly young families, can establish their economic independence."
"This is especially critical in foster care and adoption."
"There has been a laudable surge in preventive health care and an emphasis on personal responsibility for maintaining one's health. "
"We salute the citizens' campaign, launched from America's grass roots, against drunk driving. "
"The reasons are more often social than economic: isolation, separation from family, and often a mismatch between nutritional needs and available assistance. "
"We assert the people's stewardship of our God given natural resources. "
" We have already tripled funding to clean up hazardous waste dumps, quadrupled funding for acid rain research, and launched the rebirth of the Chesapeake Bay."
"We will continue to offer leadership to reduce the threat to our environment and our economy from acid rain, while at the same time preventing economic dislocation."
"Generating over 20 percent of our GNP and employing one of every nine people in the work force, it promotes the unity amid diversity that uniquely characterizes our country. "
"We travel widely, and we move the products of field and factory more efficiently and economically than any other people on earth."
"Over several decades, its vigor and creativity had been stunted by the intrusion of government regulation."
"It will improve flight safety and double the nation's flight capacity, providing better air service and stimulating economic growth."
"The deregulation of airline economics (not their safety!) will be completed on December 30, 1984, when the Civil Aeronautics Board closes its doors forever. "
"We also led the fight to deregulate interstate bus operations by enacting the Bus Regulatory Reform Act of 1982. "
"Air travellers now have a remarkable range of options, and flight is within reach of the average family budget. "
" That is why we encourage a commercial space transportation industry. "
"Our children are our hope and our future. "
"This change will clearly benefit our youth and our country. "
"Parents and all segments of American society responded overwhelmingly to the findings of the National Commission on Excellence in Education, appointed by President Reagan."
"Unlike the Carter Mondale Democrats, Republicans have levelled with parents and students about the problems we face  together. "
" We recognize the need to get "back to basics" and applaud the dramatic improvements that this approach has already made in some jurisdictions."
"            Thirteen States are considering changes in academic requirements for extra curricular and athletic programs, and five have already adopted more rigorous standards."
" Since the storehouse of knowledge is vast, a selection must be made of what to pass on. "
"Therefore, the more centralized the selection process, the greater the threat of tyranny. "
"The key to the success of educational reform lies in accountability: for students, parents, educators, school boards, and all governmental units. "
"We endorse experiments with education such as enterprise zones and Cities in Schools. "
"The Reagan Administration is committed to making America safe for families and individuals. "
"And Republican programs are paying dividends."
"In 1982 (the latest year for which figures are available), the murder rate dropped 5 percent, the robbery rate was down 6 percent, and forcible rape dropped 5 percent. "
"We reaffirm that the eradication of illegal drug traffic is a top national priority."
"To the victims of such crimes who need protection, we gladly offer it."
"We have advanced such reforms as restitution by convicted criminals to their victims; "
"Republicans advocate sentencing reform and secure, adequate prison construction. "
"Throughout this Platform are initiatives to provide an opportunity ladder for the poor, particularly among minorities, in both urban and rural areas. "
"We have begun that effort; and as a pledge of its continuance, this Platform commits us, not to a war of class against class, but to a crusade for prosperity for all."
"To those who would see the Republican future for urban America, and for those who deserve a better break, we offer the commitments that make up the sinew of this Platform."
"The Constitution is the ultimate safeguard of individual rights. "
"Americans demand a civil rights policy premised on the letter of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. "
"As a party, we demand that there be no detriment to that progress or inhibition of women's rights to full opportunity and advancement within this society."
"Women's employment has risen by almost four and one half million since the last Carter Mondale year. "
"Proposed legislation will correct all but 18; "
"The Reagan Administration was the first to combat the insidious practice of denying medical care or even food and water to disabled infants. "
"This issue has vast implications for medical ethics, family autonomy, and civil rights. "
"Therefore, no worker should be coerced by violence or intimidation by any party to a labor dispute."
"The policies of the Reagan Administration have opened literally millions of doors of opportunity for these Americans, doors which either did not exist or were rapidly being slammed shut by the no growth policies of the Carter Mondale Administration."
"We endorse efforts to preserve their culture as a unique element in the human tapestry that is America."
"We will review legislation and regulations to examine their impact on families and on parental rights and responsibilities. "
"The refugee problem is global and requires the cooperation of all democratic nations. "
" In that system, judicial power must be exercised with deference towards State and  local officials; "
"We join them and their descendants in assuring that the deprivation of rights they suffered shall never again be permitted in this land of liberty."
"With due recognition of the needs of the federal government and mindful of environmental, recreational, and national defense needs, we believe the sale of some surplus land will increase productivity and increase State and local tax bases. "
"Republicans want to encourage, not restrict, free discourse and association. "
"Forced taxpayer financing of campaign activities is political tyranny. "
"Governments limited in size and scope best ensure our people's privacy. "
"Our future is intimately tied to the future of the Americas. "
" In the tradition of President Truman's postwar aid to Europe, President Reagan has helped the people of El Salvador defend themselves. "
"Our policy of peace through strength encourages freedom loving people everywhere and provides hope for those who look forward one day to enjoying the fruits of self government"
" We will continue multilateral efforts to deny advanced Western technology to the Soviet war machine."
" During the Carter Mondale years, the Soviets gained a substantial military and diplomatic advantage in Europe. "
"That is why the British, Italian, and West German parliaments have approved Euromissile deployments, and why new NATO base agreements were concluded successfully in Portugal, Spain, Turkey, and Greece."
"To strengthen NATO's Southern Flank, we place the highest priority on resolving the Cyprus dispute and maintaining our support for both Greece and Turkey, with non recognition of regimes imposed in occupied territory."
"The tragic repression of the Polish people by the Soviet inspired military dictatorship in Poland has touched the American people. "
"And his willingness to stand up to Libya has made peace loving states in the region feel more secure."
"Republicans reaffirm that the United States should not recognize or negotiate with the PLO so long as that organization continues to promote terrorism, rejects Israel's right to exist, and refuses to accept U.N. Resolutions 242 and 338."
"Our determination to participate actively in the peace process begun at Camp David has won us support over the past four years from moderate Arab states. "
"To preserve free Asia's economic gains and enhance our security, we will continue economic and security assistance programs with the front line states of Korea, Thailand, and Pakistan."
"We hail the economic achievements of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. "
"In South Africa, as elsewhere on the continent, we support well conceived efforts to foster peace, prosperity, and stability."
"Developing nations look to the United States for counsel and guidance in achieving economic opportunity, prosperity, and political freedom. "
"We are confident that democracy and free enterprise can succeed everywhere."
" Therefore, we support recently enacted legislation untying our programs from the policies of austerity of international organizations such as the International Monetary Fund."
"We will monitor their votes and activities, and particularly the votes of member states which receive U.S. aid. "
"The American people believe that United States foreign policy should be animated by the cause of human rights for all the world's peoples."
"Republicans understand that the East West struggle has profound human rights implications. "
"Radio Marti, the new broadcast service to Cuba, will begin to broadcast the truth about Cuba to the Cuban people."
"By encouraging the free flow of ideas and information, America is helping to build the infrastructure of democracy and demonstrating the strength of our belief in the democratic example. "
"Together, will and capability deter aggression. "
"Sharing the American people's realistic view of the Soviet Union, the Reagan Administration has pursued arms control agreements that would reduce the level of nuclear weaponry possessed by the superpowers. "
"We endorse the President's initiative on comprehensive safeguards and his efforts to encourage other supplier states to support such measures."
"By 1980, under Carter Mondale, defense spending had fallen to only 5 percent of gross national product and represented only 24 percent of the federal budget. "
"Despite obstruction from many congressional Democrats, we have restored the credibility of our deterrent."
"Knowing our adversaries' capabilities and intentions is our first line of defense. "
"We have strengthened cooperative efforts with our allies to restrict diversion of militarily critical technologies. "
"International terrorism is not a random phenomenon but a new form of warfare waged by the forces of totalitarianism against the democracies."
"and the Soviet link, direct and indirect, is also clearly understood. "
"While the Carter Mondale team hid beneath an umbrella of wishful thinking, the Soviet Union made every effort to protect itself in case of conflict."
"A network of huge ultra modern radars, new anti missile interceptors, new surface to air missiles, all evidence the Soviet commitment to self protection."
"WE THE PEOPLE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,In order to initiate the changes necessary to keep America strong and make America better, in order to restore competence, caring and incorruptibility to the Federal Executive Branch and get it working again fairly for all Americans, and in order to secure for our children a future of liberty and opportunity,Hereby pledge our Party, our leaders, our elected officials end our every individual effort to fulfilling the following fundamental principles for all members of the American family."
" If we are seriously to pursue our commitments to build a secure economic future for all Americans we must provide the resources to care for our newborns, educate our children, house the homeless, heal the sick, wage total war on drugs and protect the environment. "
"by family leave policies that no longer force employees to choose between their jobs and their children or ailing parents;"
"and by major increases in assistance making child care move available and affordable to low and middle income families, helping states build a strong child care infrastructure, setting minimum standards for health, safely, and quality, and thereby enabling parents to work and their Children to get an early start on their education and personal fulfillment. "
"by aggressive child support enforcement; "
"and by emphasizing family preservation and quality foster care. "
"and that history will judge the next administration less by its success in building new weapons of war than by its success in improving young minds. "
"We pledge to better balance our national priorities by significantly increasing federal funding for education. "
"that an important first step toward comprehensive health services is to ensure that every family should have the security of basic health insurance; a"
"WE BELIEVE the apartheid regime in South Africa to be a uniquely repressive regime, ruthlessly deciding every aspect of public and private life by skin color, engaging in unrelenting violence against its citizens at home and promoting naked aggression against its neighbors in Africa."
"IN SUM, WE BELIEVE it is time for America to change and move forward again in the interest of all its families  to turn away from an era in which too many of America's children have been homeless or hungry and invest in a new era of hope and progress, an era ef secure families in a secure America in a secure world. "
"No, freedom is the inescapable essence of the American spirit, the driving force which makes Americans different from any other people on the face of the globe."
"            Under a Republican Administration, family incomes are growing at the fastest pace recorded in 15 years."
"We will continue to reduce their burden."
"They are today's pathfinders, the explorers of America's economic future."
"It will also build the retirement value of workers' pension funds and raise revenues for the federal government."
"Reform will lower costs for all and will return fairness to the system for the benefit of everyone. "
"Tax increases harm the economic expansion and reverse the trend to restoring control of the economy to individual Americans."
" If the Democrats had defeated our economic recovery program, that family would have paid nearly $6,000 more in taxes between 1982 and 1987. "
"The cuts injected a new vitality into the economy, with the results that revenues from this tax rose 184 percent from 1978 to 1985."
"Despite opposition from liberals in the Congress, we have at least slowed the expansion of federal control."
"Consistent with the maintenance of a competitive market place, we are committed to breaking down unnecessary barriers to entry created by regulations, statutes, and judicial decisions, to free up capital for productive investment. "
"Let Democrats trust the federal bureaucracy."
"That's why the Republican Party trusts people to deal with the needs of individuals and communities, as they have done for centuries."
"            We will continue our successful drive for lower interest rates."
"We are determined to replace hand out housing with vouchers that will make low income families neighbors in communities, not strangers in projects."
"But the relentless spending of congressional Democrats can undo our best efforts. "
"We oppose any increase in taxes, so that the economy will continue to expand and so revenues from a growing tax base will reduce the deficit."
" This will include consideration of the inherent line item veto power of the president."
"We are prepared to negotiate free trade agreements with partners like the Republic of China on Taiwan and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries if they are willing to open their markets to U.S. products."
"This was an important step toward ensuring price stability, eliminating volatility of exchange rates, and removing excessive trade imbalances."
"We support the Administration's efforts to improve coordination among the industrialized nations regarding their basic economic policies as a means of sustaining non inflationary growth."
"As capitalism spreads throughout the world, more nations are prospering, international commerce is booming, and U.S. trade is breaking records."
"Republicans want not only a better life for the people of developing lands; "
"Most important, we will lead by example. "
"We will keep the United States a shining model of individual freedom and economic liberty to encourage other peoples of the world to assert their own economic rights and secure opportunity for all.[p.21] "
"            The best care for most children, especially in the early years, is parental. "
"            Promote in home care  preferred by almost all parents  by allowing annual, instead of quarterly, payments of income taxes by employees and withholding taxes by employers."
"            Reform Federal Home Mortgage Association rules to retain mortgage eligibility for homeowners who offer family child care."
"            We speeded up the regulatory process for experimental drugs for life threatening illness and loosened import controls to allow greater choice by patients."
"We will remove regulatory and tax burdens to encourage private health insurance policies for acute or long term care. "
" For 1989, the President's budget recommends a 42 percent increase in current funding."
"From prenatal care to old age, strong family life is the lynchpin of wellness and compassion."
"            We urge all branches of the entertainment and communications industry to exercise greater responsibility in addressing the youth market."
"            We will work with State and local governments to ensure that education is available to homeless children. "
"            We will create, as a national emergency effort, a regulatory reform task force drawn from all levels of government to break through the restrictions that keep 1.7 million housing units unrehabilitated and out of use. "
"            That the Pledge of Allegiance should be recited daily in schools in all States. "
"We renew our historic commitment to equal rights for women. "
"But legal rights mean nothing without opportunity, and that has been the hallmark of Republican policy. "
"            We will protect the rights established under the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act. "
"Republicans defend the constitutional right to keep and bear arms. "
"The Founding Fathers of the United States Constitution would be shocked by congressional behavior:"
"Even worse, outright offenses against ethical standards and public laws are treated lightly. "
"The Democrat congressional leaders:            Stole a congressional seat from the people of Indiana by barring a duly elected, and officially certified, Republican Member."
"            Protect their cronies charged with personal misconduct or criminal activities."
"            Choice and competition in education foster quality and protect consumers' rights."
"            We will direct federal matching funds to promote magnet schools that turn students toward the challenges of the future rather than the failures of the past."
"            We are determined to reverse the intolerable rates of default in the guaranteed student loan program to make more money available to those who really need to borrow it."
" More than half of all jobs we will create in the 1990s will require some education beyond high school, and much of that will be obtained outside of regular educational institutions. "
"We are determined to meet them and move on to even greater challenges."
"Republicans want a free and open society for every American. "
"That means more than economic advancement alone."
"            The Reagan Bush Administration has crusaded for victims' rights in trials and sentencing procedures and has advocated restitution by felons to their victims."
"A Republican President and a Republican Congress can lay the foundation for a safer future."
" We salute her for pointing the way to our nation's drug free future."
"The poverty rate continues to decline. "
"States should be granted the authority by the federal government to pursue innovative programs which return teen mothers to school and welfare recipients to work. "
"Urban America is center stage of our country's future. "
"Because we slashed regulatory burdens, enterprise is transforming areas untouched by government programs of past years."
"[p.53]              Local control is the best form of administration. "
"            Urban homesteading and other programs to ensure affordable housing opportunities in our cities."
"            Special attention to urban residents in the national census, to ensure that cities are not shortchanged in federal representation or in federal programs based upon population.[p.54]"
"            We have successfully opened more markets for our agricultural commodities and value added products around the world through competitive pricing, aggressive use of the Export Enhancement Program, the Targeted Export Assistance Program, marketing loans, and generic commodity certificates."
"            We ended the notorious "widow's tax" so surviving spouses don't have to sell family farms and ranches to meet inheritance taxes. "
"            We have given farmers the opportunity to profitably retire millions of acres of erodible and generally less productive land through the Conservation Reserve Program, and we enacted legislation to ensure that taxpayers' dollars will not be used to subsidize soil erosion or otherwise damage the environment that makes rural America a place where people want to live."
" Both the security of our nation and the prosperity of our households will depend upon clean and affordable power to light the way ahead and speed a daring society toward its goals. "
"Conservation and energy efficiency, stimulated by the oil shocks of the 1970s, made impressive gains. "
"Despite these gains, much hard work remains. "
"The United States enjoys a rich national endowment of enormous supplies of coal which can provide a secure source of energy for hundreds of years."
"            We will also support research and development for energy efficiency, conservation, renewables, fusion and superconductivity."
"            We are committed to minimizing the release of toxins into the environment."
"            We support a comprehensive plan of action to fight coastal erosion and to protect and restore the nation's beaches, coral reefs, bodies of water, wetlands and estuaries such as the Louisiana coast, Chesapeake Bay, the Great Lakes, San Francisco Bay, Puget Sound, Narragansett Bay, and other environmentally sensitive areas. "
"            We believe public lands should not be transferred to any special group in a manner inconsistent with current Reagan Bush Administration policy."
"As Republicans, we hold that it is of critical importance to preserve our national heritage. "
"We must assure that programs for economic growth and opportunity sustain the natural abundance of our land and waters and protect the health and well being of our citizens."
"By making our national transportation system safer, more convenient, and less expensive, we have both strengthened our economy and served the interests of all the American people:"
"The development of these small businesses has been a welcomed alternative to railroad abandonments, and we will continue to encourage their growth."
"We advocate greater local autonomy in decision making concerning the Highway Trust Fund and the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, and we oppose diversion of their resources to other purposes."
"            We are committed to continuing the Reagan Bush Administration efforts to stop foreign protectionism that inhibits U.S. flag vessels from fairly competing abroad."
"Republican leadership has created the environment necessary for this growth. "
"Even in Afghanistan, the Soviet Union is in retreat not as a result of a more benevolent Soviet world view, but because of the courage of determined Mujahidin freedom fighters fully supported by the United States."
"Tanks and aircraft continue to roll off Soviet production lines at a rate two to three times that of the United States. "
"Ongoing negotiations with the Soviet Union to reduce strategic nuclear weapons by 50 percent are possible because the American people trust Republican leadership. "
"But the terms of the relationship will be based upon persistent and steady attention to certain fundamental principles:"
"We affirm our support for the heroic fighters in the Afghan resistance and pledge to see them through to the end of their struggle. "
"regulate exports of "precursor chemicals" used in the manufacture of illicit drugs; "
"emphasize a strategy to "choke off" drug supply routes; "
"and impose the death penalty for drug kingpins and those who kill federal law enforcement agents."
"Together they represent a growing, multifaceted bond between America and the European democracies."
"However, this economic relationship must be based upon the principle of free and fair trade. "
"This will require a seasoned American leadership, able to build on the achievements of the Reagan Bush Administration and prepared to lead the alliance into the 1990s and beyond."
"We also look forward to a rejuvenation of the ANZUS alliance with its benefits and responsibilities to all partners."
"We recognize that Israel votes with the United States at the United Nations more frequently than any other nation. "
" Failure to repeal that resolution will justify attenuation of our support for the U.N."
"We will strive to help Lebanon restore its society so that, in the future as in the past, religious groups will live in harmony, international commerce will flourish and international terrorism will not exist."
"For nearly four decades, U.S. policy in the Persian Gulf has reflected American strategic, economic, and political interests in the area. "
"Republican policy has three fundamental objectives:"
"and while obstacles remain, we are closer than ever to a comprehensive settlement of these interrelated conflicts. "
"It is in part an indication of the success of the program. "
"Terrorism is a unique form of warfare that attacks and threatens security and stability around the world. "
"We affirm our determination to continue isolating his outlaw regime. "
"Our policy will emphasize pre emptive anti terrorist measures; "
"Modern diplomacy requires an institution capable of integrating the international dimension of our national values and concerns into a coherent foreign policy."
"Our security and that of our allies have been dramatically enhanced; "
"Republicans will support U.S. defense capabilities by keeping our economy strong and inflation rates low. "
"[p.90] Even as we engage in dialogue with our adversaries to reduce the risks of war, we must continue to rely on nuclear weapons as our chief form of deterrence."
"Republicans know our country needs a survivable land based leg of the triad. "
"It is, however, essential that we press ahead, particularly given the growing proclivity in some quarters to use chemical and biological weapons."
"The American people have never turned back from a frontier."
"The United States must regain assured access to space through a balanced mix of space shuttles and unmanned vehicles. "
"Republican commitment to NATO is unwavering, reflecting shared political and democratic values which link Europe, Canada, and the United States. "
"This is needed to preserve and expand our competitive edge, thereby assuring future opportunities for America's next generation in science, engineering, and manufacturing."
"We regard the education of American students in the fields of science and technology as vital to our national security."
"With the personal support of President Reagan, America's veterans will now have a seat in the president's Cabinet."
"We encourage the new Secretary of the Veterans Department to work with the Federal Council on the Aging, and other agencies and organizations, to assure that the development of new facilities and treatment programs meet the special needs of our elderly veterans."
"We will continue to enhance the nation's capability for counter intelligence. "
"Our isolation of Vietnam has led to the prospect of its withdrawal from Cambodia."
" No other nation can assume that role. "
"We hear the anguish and the anger of the American people. "
"An expanding, entrepreneurial economy of high skill, high wage jobs is the most important family policy, urban policy, labor policy, minority policy and foreign policy America can have."
"The ballooning Bush deficits hijacked capital from productive investments. "
"Savings and loan sharks enriched themselves at their country's expense. "
"To begin making our economy grow, the President and Congress should agree that savings from defense must be reinvested productively at home, including research, education and training, and other productive investments."
"and make the rich pay their fair share in taxes. "
"Our economy needs both the people and the funds released from defense at the Cold War's end. "
"We will help the stalwarts of that struggle  the men and women who served in our armed forces and who work in our defense industries  make the most of a new era. "
"All Americans, producers and consumers alike, benefit when our food and fiber are produced by hundreds of thousands of family farmers receiving fair prices for their products. "
"Our workplaces must be revolutionized to make them more flexible and productive. "
"In the new economy, opportunity will depend on lifelong learning. "
"It is time to revolutionize the way student loan programs are run. "
"expand clinical trials for treatments and vaccines; "
" To broaden opportunity, we will support fair lending practices."
"and fully enforce the Americans with Disability Act to enable people with disabilities to achieve independence and function at their highest possible level."
"Welfare should be a second chance, not a way of life. "
"We will continue to help those who cannot help themselves. "
"We will give them the help they need to make the transition from welfare to work, and require people who can work to go to work within two years in available jobs either in the private sector or in community service to meet unmet needs. "
"Democrats will pursue a new course that stresses work, family and individual responsibility, and that empowers Americans to liberate themselves from poverty and dependence. "
"We will combat street violence and emphasize building trust and solving the problems that breed crime."
"It is time to shut down the weapons bazaars in our cities. "
"Democrats also favor innovative sentencing and punishment options, including community service and boot camps for first time offenders; "
"special savings accounts to help low income families build assets; "
"We believe in public support for the Arts, including a National Endowment for the Arts that is free from political manipulation and firmly rooted in the First Amendment's freedom of expression guarantee."
"human rights abusers have been rewarded, not challenged; "
"It is time for new American leadership that can meet the challenges of a changing world."
"But it does pose an unprecedented opportunity to make our future more secure and prosperous. "
"A post Cold War restructuring of American forces will produce substantial savings beyond those promised by the Bush Administration, but that restructuring must be achieved without undermining our ability to meet future threats to our security. "
"The burdens of collective security in a new era must be shared fairly, and we should encourage multilateral peacekeeping through the United Nations and other international efforts."
"Our government must work to expand trade, while insisting that the conduct of world trade is fair."
"But as the tide of democracy rose in the former Soviet Union and in China, in the Baltics and South Africa, only reluctantly did this Administration abandon the status quo and embrace the fight for freedom."
"Democrats know we must act now to save the health of the earth, and the health of our children, for generations to come."
"We must work actively to protect the planet's biodiversity and preserve its forests."
"To make our society one again, Democrats will restore America's founding values of family, community and common purpose."
"But in all that people can individually do as well for themselves, Government ought not to interfere.""
"It is where each new generation gains its moral anchor. "
"Today, its more vocal advocates believe children should be able to sue their parents over decisions about schooling, cosmetic surgery, employment, and other family matters. "
"Because the intergenerational family is a vital element of social cohesion, we urge greater respect for the rights and the roles of grandparents."
"We support pro family policies: job sharing, telecommuting, compressed work weeks, parental leave negotiated between employer and employees, and flextime. "
"Republicans call for a complete restoration, in real dollars, to its original value. "
"The Republican strategy is based on sound principle. "
"Communities should be empowered to find what works. "
"The Bush Administration has sent to Congress several legislative proposals embodying these principles. "
"The proposals, in spite of the fact that 1500 communities across the Nation have developed local committees to support them through the AMERICA 2000 strategy, languish in the Democrat Congress. "
"Too many schools still teach in an outdated manner. "
"The number of strings attached to federal school aid is being reduced."
"The President's proposed "GI Bill for Children" will provide $1,000 scholarships to middle and low income families, enabling their children to attend the school of their choice. "
"Schools were created to help and strengthen families, not to undermine or substitute for them."
"The President' s plan will make health care more affordable through tax credits and deductions that will offset insurance costs for 95 million Americans; "
"We will curb costs through better prenatal and other preventive care. "
"Special consideration should be given to abolishing or [p.15] reforming programs which prohibit or discourage individuals from seeking to work their way out of poverty and dependency. "
"We must recognize, also, that prevention is linked ultimately to personal responsibility and moral behavior. "
"In keeping with the American spirit, our fellow citizens with HIV/AIDS deserve our compassion and our care, and they deserve our united commitment to a cure."
" Abraham Lincoln wanted all families to have access to property, because it would give them a tangible stake in their family's future. "
"Republican Governors and legislators in several States have already launched dramatic reforms, especially with workfare and leanfare. "
"It has turned our communities into battlegrounds, playgrounds into grave yards. "
"Their crime legislation, which we emphatically reject, cripples law enforcement by overturning over twenty United States Supreme Court cases that have helped to reduce crime and keep violent criminal offenders off the streets."
"We also support incentives to encourage personnel leaving the Armed Forces to continue to defend their country  against the enemy within  by entering the law enforcement profession."
"Residents of public housing should be able to protect their families against drugs by screening out abusers and dealers. "
"We pledge an all out fight against it, especially within the political machines that control many of our major cities. "
"Our Nation of immigrants continues to welcome those seeking a better life. "
"Our cause embraces traditional ideals and modern realities. "
"Because we have learned from the past, we are determined to change what desperately needs changing in government."
"We unleashed the might of free people to produce, compete, and triumph in free markets. "
"Despite a global downturn in late 1990, real economic growth resumed last year and has continued for five consecutive quarters. "
"The Democrat Congress insisted, however, on a tax hike as their price for controlling spending. "
"In short, the Democrats held the U.S. economy  and U.S. jobs  hostage in order to raise taxes, much as they had done to President Reagan."
"Now a new Democrat nominee comes forward with his plan for the economy. "
"Our Republican position is equally clear: we will oppose any attempt to increase taxes. "
"The American economy suffered as a result. "
"Just as history shows that tax increases destroy jobs and economic growth, it also shows that the proper path to create jobs and growth is tax rate reduction."
"That is why we demand that the Congress do what President Bush called for last January: open a new era of growth and opportunity by enacting his comprehensive plan for economic recovery, including a reduction in the capital gains tax; "
"We support further tax simplification. "
"We oppose taxing religious and ethnic fraternal benefit societies because of their vital role in fostering charity and patriotism."
"Republicans also led the way in the 1980s by increasing the personal exemption from $1500 to $2000. "
"We support legislation to require full compensation of property owners who are victims of regulatory takings."
"When federal programs have outlived their usefulness, they deserve a decent burial. "
"We believe technology holds the key to America' s future  and the future is bright. "
"Distance learning, through technology, will help bring exciting, quality, affordable education to all students, even in rural areas and inner cities. "
"We believe America must make technological development one of its highest priorities. "
"It means expanded trade, but it also means dynamic growth based on shared values  a coming together of nations in the commonwealth of peaceful progress. "
"To that end, U.S. aid, whether bilateral or through international organizations, should promote market reforms, limit regulation, and encourage free trade."
"Our experience can help them develop environmentally rational strategies for growth."
"Republicans see an America peopled by [p.43] citizens and consumers eager for the chance to chart their own course."
"We make electoral systems understandable and accountable to the voter. "
"Their entrenched power has produced a Congress arrogant, out of touch, hopelessly entangled in a web of PACs, perks, privileges, partisanship, paralysis, and pork. "
"At the heart of the Democrats' corruption of Congress is a fraudulent budget process. "
"Republicans vigorously support a balanced budget, a Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment, and a line item veto for the President."
"Because federal government employees should not be a privileged caste, we will remove the bar to garnishing their wages to ensure payment of their debts."
"Where it advances both efficiency and safety, we will advocate privatization of airport operation and management."
"In doing so, we reassert the crucial importance of the Tenth Amendment. "
"We support the Fairness Rule, to allow the winning party to a lawsuit to recover the costs of litigation from the losing party. "
"The Republican Party commends President Bush and Vice President Quayle for their continued leadership in helping volunteers overcome their concern that their good acts and voluntary donations of time on behalf of civic groups, community organizations, and churches will result in civil liability and lawsuits. "
"They have turned over to their children and grandchildren land that has been nurtured to expand its productivity while conserving this vital resource. "
"We stand with them against agricultural embargoes. "
" There has never been an annual deficit in our balance of agricultural trade, and the positive balance this year will be $18 billion."
"Building our farm economy requires meeting our farmers' financing needs. "
"These acts should not rest with the rubber stamp of a bureaucrat."
"The millions of acres that constitute this Nation's public lands must continue to provide for a number of uses. "
"These lands are a deeply intermingled patchwork quilt of public and private ownership. "
"From its founding, the Republican Party has considered the Nation's transportation system crucial to economic opportunity for all. "
"spur development of new airports and reduce their environmental impact; "
"Our rivers run cleaner than ever in memory. "
"The President' s leadership has doubled spending for real wetlands and targeted one million acres for a wetlands reserve through his Farm Bill of 1990. "
"We won debt for nature swaps and environmental trust funds in Latin America and the Caribbean. "
"Crippling an industry is no solution at all. "
" Unemployment is a form of pollution too, poisoning families and contaminating whole communities."
"That is why Republicans want America to shape the international future: Because we put America first."
"With President Bush leading the free world, the Soviet empire has collapsed, as Ronald Reagan predicted, into the dustbin of history. "
"Only the naive believe that history is an inevitable tide or a series of accidents. "
" Foreseeing revolutionary change in the Soviet Union itself, he carefully pushed its rulers to open the way to the democratic future. "
"Building a commonwealth of freedom differs greatly from the old concept of containment."
"By forging consensus whenever possible, we multiply the impact of our Nation' s power and principles. "
"It is how we will open the world for American business to ensure prosperity in an open international economy. "
"We want to keep drawing attention to serious human rights violations around the world, spurring other governments to make and fulfill the promise of liberty to their people. "
"A meaningful peace must assure Israel's security while recognizing the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people. "
"Israel should not be forced to negotiate with any party. "
"Together with other members of the Organization of American States, we will work to restore democracy to Haiti."
"We condemn those who are using armed force to impede food distribution."
"In all negotiations concerning trade, we will put the interests of America first."
"Throughout the world, as here at home, the Republican Party stands for growth. "
"We will design security policies to counter proliferation dangers. "
"It was the calculated Republican plan for, first, the survival and, then, the triumph, of America. "
"[p.73] Like earlier generations in 1918 and 1945, they won a great victory. "
"Now, as in the aftermath of those earlier conflicts, comes the difficult task of reducing both the size and cost of defense without letting down America's guard. "
"A new era in defense requires new approaches to management, to get more out of every dollar in a shrinking budget. "
"Our Armed Forces will still depend on our superb industrial base for [p.75] everything from belt buckles to submarines. "
"This is especially true of the high technology, demonstrated in Desert Storm, that made our enemies realize they had been left behind in the race for the future. "
"We oppose Democrat efforts to bring back the draft, whether directly or through the subterfuge of compulsory domestic service."
"We affirm our support for veterans preference in federal employment and for sufficient funding to maintain the integrity of the veterans hospital and medical care system. "
"President Bush, with experienced Republican leadership, has proven he knows how to place our Nation at the center of effective coalitions where our power is multiplied."
"Now the Democratic Party is determined to finish the job and balance the budget.  "
"Today's Democratic Party believes we have a duty to care for our parents, so they can live their lives in dignity. "
"The Republican agenda slashes college scholarships and college loans, cuts Head Start, and cuts funds to reduce class size and improve teacher standards."
"And we want to cut taxes for people who are self employed and self insured so their health care is more affordable."
"When we invest in our research institutions we are literally investing in our future by helping to train the next brilliant generation of American scientists and engineers. "
"We have put in place the most sweeping agreements to lower foreign trade barriers of any administration in modern American history, including over 20 such agreements with Japan alone    and American exports to Japan in the sectors covered by those agreements have increased by 85 percent. "
" All over the world, barriers to American products have come down, exports are at an all time high    and we have created over one million high paying export related jobs."
"insist that foreign companies play by fair rules at home and abroad; "
"Today's Democratic Party will stand firmly against the Republican assault on education.  "
"We should redesign or overhaul schools that fail.  "
"We should expand public school choice, but we should not take American tax dollars from public schools and give them to private schools.  "
"We applaud the efforts of the Clinton Gore Administration to promote character education in our schools.  "
" Children cannot learn    and teachers cannot teach    without order in the classroom. "
"President Clinton and Vice President Gore understand that technological literacy is essential to success in the new economy.  "
"They knew that hard work was rewarded with raises and steady jobs; "
"Because of President Clinton=s determined leadership and the tireless efforts of Democrats in Congress, we passed the Kennedy Kassebaum health reform bill to stop insurance companies from denying coverage to families where one member has a preexisting condition, and to make sure that people can take their health insurance with them when they change jobs.  "
"We are committed to finding a cure for breast cancer and we pledge to continue supporting funds for innovative research, and access for all women to high quality treatment and care."
"Now we must finish the job    we can balance the budget while we preserve and strengthen Medicare and Medicaid, protecting millions of middle class families from being overwhelmed by health care costs for their parents, children, or family members with disabilities."
"We want to strengthen training opportunities for people with disabilities, so they can learn the skills they need to live independent, productive lives. "
"We vigorously oppose Republican efforts to pass Right to Work legislation, and we are proud the President vetoed efforts to undermine collective bargaining through the TEAM Act.  "
"Promoting economic growth and opportunity for all Americans. "
"We know that it is good for America when small, minority, and women owned businesses have the opportunity to grow and prosper.  "
"Our people didn't feel safe in their homes, walking their streets, or even sending their children to school.  "
"The Democratic Party under President Clinton is putting more police on the streets and tougher penalties on the books; "
" In city after city and town after town, crime rates are finally coming down.  "
"Tough punishment. We believe that people who break the law should be punished, and people who commit violent crimes should be punished severely. "
"We call on the states to meet the President's challenge and guarantee that serious violent criminals serve at least 85 percent of their sentence.  "
"We required every state in the country to compile a registry of sex offenders.  "
" In February, the President launched a 24 hour, seven day, toll free hotline so women in trouble can find out how to get emergency help, find shelter, and report abuse to the authorities.  "
"in El Paso, our Border Patrol agents are so close together they can see each other. "
"We will continue to enforce labor standards to protect workers in vulnerable industries.  "
"Legal immigrants work hard, pay their taxes, and serve America. "
"The Clinton Administration has made a determined effort to crack down on deadbeat parents, collecting a record $11 billion in 1995 through tough enforcement    almost a 40 percent increase over 1992.  "
" The federal government is eliminating 16,000 pages of outdated and unnecessary regulations, has abolished 179 programs and projects, and saved taxpayers billions of dollars.  "
"Americans with life threatening diseases like cancer and AIDS gain access to new drugs faster, because the Food and Drug Administration has streamlined its approval process, become more flexible in certifications, and eliminated unnecessary paperwork.  "
"Elections have become so expensive that big money can sometimes drown out the voices of ordinary voters    who should always speak the loudest."
"Today, that program is frozen, under international inspection, and slated to be dismantled."
"We believe the only way to ensure America's security and prosperity over the long run is to continue exerting American leadership across a range of military, diplomatic, and humanitarian, challenges around the world. "
"aggressively responding to veterans of the Persian Gulf War suffering from undiagnosed illnesses; "
"President Clinton and Vice President Gore have pursued the most far reaching arms control and non proliferation agenda in history.  "
"And we are committed to doing it with all the tools we have: with diplomacy where possible, with force where necessary, and working with others where appropriate    our allies, willing partners, the U.N. and other security organizations    to share the risks and costs of our leadership."
"We are committed to the success of independence in Ukraine and the Baltics.  "
"The Democratic Party supports the aspirations of all those who seek to strengthen civil society and accountable governance.  "
"A bipartisan panel reported that 12 million workers have already been able to live up to their family obligations without risking their jobs.  "
"we implemented low income mortgage purchase requirements on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac; "
"We are committed to American cities.  "
"The Clinton Administration has made sweeping changes to transform the nation's public housing system after decades of neglect.  "
"The Republican Congress, under Senator Dole and Speaker Gingrich, voted to cut environmental enforcement resources by 25 percent.  "
"President Clinton and Democrats in Congress said no.  "
"Environmental protection should include more education on compliance for small and medium sized business, more strategies to increase compliance for all businesses, and tough enforcement    including criminal prosecution    for those who put human health and the environment at risk."
"We will seek a strong international agreement to further reduce greenhouse gas emissions worldwide and protect our global climate.  "
" The President and Vice President remain committed to an Administration that looks like America, and we are proud of the Administration's extraordinary judicial appointments    they are both more diverse and more qualified than any previous Administration. "
"When it comes to affirmative action, we should mend it, not end it."
"Responsibility to our community and our country. Today's Democratic Party believes every American has a duty and a responsibility to give something back to their community and their country. "
"Economic growth here at home is anemic. "
" In one way or another, every Republican is a dissenter. "
" At a time of great crisis, he spoke both words of healing and words of conviction. "
"We will count our victories, not in elections won or in economic numbers on a chart, but in the everyday achievements of the American dream: when a man or woman discovers the dignity and confidence of a job; "
"when a family once again feels the security of its savings and has control over the education of its children."
"Because wasteful government spending and over regulation, fueled by higher taxes, are the greatest obstacles to job creation and economic growth, we believe in a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution and a common sense approach to government rules and red tape."
"and recognizing within our own ranks different approaches toward our common goal, we reaffirm respect for the sanctity of human life."
"It is also an unnecessary drag on the economy.  "
" That agency has become a nightmare for law abiding taxpayers.  "
"Because of their vital role in fostering charity and patriotism, we oppose taxing religious and fraternal benefit societies.  "
"Republicans support a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution, phased in over a short period and with appropriate safeguards for national emergencies. "
"A president should be Commander in Chief in the nation's budget battle as well as in military conflicts. "
"A Republican president will build on the achievements of our Republican Congress which has cut spending in excess of $53 billion over the last two years."
"We pledge a non political monetary policy to keep prices stable and maintain public confidence in the value of the dollar."
" Fundamentally, jobs are created in the private sector."
"Republican created enterprise zones will offer dramatic opportunities to workers employed by small businesses, particularly minorities and the "Forgotten Workers." "
"We advocate increased access to capital for businesses to expand, export, and bring new products and technologies to market.   "
"Our goal is to empower the American people by using the benefits of advanced science to improve their quality of life without undue restraint from government.  "
"We must create policies that enable these thoughtful leaders to continue to invest in research and development. "
" The fruits of federally funded research led to the creation of the biotechnology industry through the Bayh Dole Act. "
"Bob Dole and the Republican Party will promote policies that ensure that the U.S. remains the world leader in science, technology, and innovation.  "
"It is a commitment to a safe and stable community. "
"We affirm our commitment to open housing, without quotas or controls, and we condemn the Clinton Administration's abuse of fair housing laws to harass citizens exercising their First Amendment rights.  "
"We believe in federal programs which augment, not displace, private sector capital and resources."
"Republicans are for vigorous enforcement of the trade agreements we already have on the books, unlike the Clinton Administration that uses United States trade policy as a bargaining chip and as a vehicle for pursuing a host of other social agenda items. "
"Republicans will not allow the World Trade Organization to undermine United States sovereignty and will support a World Trade Organization oversight commission.  "
"Human nature and aspirations are the same everywhere, and everywhere the family is the building block of economic and social progress.  "
" It will take expanded Republican majorities in the 105th  Congress to send to the States a term limits constitutional amendment; and"
" To end outdated and wasteful programs, we will make the Government Performance and Results Act an integral part of our budget process. "
"We will target resources on the most serious risks to health, safety, and the environment, rather than on politically inspired causes, and will require peer reviewed risk assessments based on sound science.  "
"These common sense reforms will restore fairness and predictability to government rules and, even more important, will enable us to achieve equal or superior levels of protection for the public at lower cost.  "
"Just as important, we recognize that all too often, in its ever present zeal to expand into every aspect of our daily lives, the federal government intrudes into the private economy by establishing new services in direct competition with already existing private firms.  "
""When I am president, only conservative judges need apply."  Bob Dole, May 28, 1996, in Aurora, Colorado  "
"The notion of judicial review has in some cases come to resemble judicial supremacy, affecting all segments of public and private endeavor.  "
"reform medical malpractice to reduce health care costs and keep doctors practicing in critical areas like obstetrics;"
"That obstructionism was too much for even the Democrats in Congress, many of whom joined in overriding his veto.  "
"Americans do not want to be afraid of those they pass on the street, suspicious of strangers, fearful for their children. "
" We also oppose indoctrination in the classroom.  "
"Government has a small, but vital, role. "
"We oppose using public revenues for abortion and will not fund organizations which advocate it.  "
"We support the appointment of judges who respect traditional family values and the sanctity of innocent human life.  "
" Republicans in both the House and Senate have passed bills that tighten border enforcement, speed up deportation of criminal aliens, toughen penalties for overstaying visas, and streamline the Immigration and Naturalization Service."
"They put an end to federal court early release orders for prison overcrowding and made it much harder for prisoners to file frivolous lawsuits about prison conditions. "
"We believe it is time to revisit the Supreme Court's arbitrary decision of 1977 that protects even the most vicious rapists from the death penalty.   "
"including the kingpins of the narcotics trade."
"We recommend a Presidentially appointed "blue ribbon" commission to study more effective methods of prosecuting terrorists."
"One case in point: He certified that Mexico has cooperated with our drug interdiction effort when 70 percent of drugs smuggled into the U. S. come across our southern border   and when the Mexican government ignored 165 extradition orders for drug criminals.  "
"Drug use is closely related to crime and recidivism. "
"Or Bob Dole, whose life has been an exercise in honor and duty?"
"they restore the spirit." Bob Dole, May 23, 1996, in Philadelphia"
"Our public schools are in trouble because they are no longer run by the public. "
"While recognizing that something must be done to help children when parental consent or supervision is not possible, we oppose school based clinics, which provide referrals, counseling, and related services for contraception and abortion. "
"We support and vigorously work for mechanisms, such as opportunity scholarships, block grants, school rebates, charter schools, and vouchers, to make parental choice in education a reality for all parents."
"let individuals set up tax free Medical Savings Accounts (MSAs), so they can plan for their own medical needs instead of relying on government or insurance companies. "
"overhaul the Food and Drug Administration to get better products on the market faster and at less cost to consumers;"
"change IRS rules that restrict coverage: let employer groups offer tax exempt policies and make premiums 100% deductible for farmers, small businesses, and all the self employed;"
"But the Clinton Democrats are still blocking Republican efforts to preserve, protect, and strengthen Medicare. "
" Its staggering rate of growth threatens to overwhelm State budgets, while thwarting congressional progress towards a federal balanced budget.  "
"Preventive care is key to both wellness and lower medical bills, and strong families are the most powerful form of preventive care.  "
"We remain committed to, and place a high priority on, finding a cure for HIV disease.  "
"We call for fetal protection in biomedical research and will enforce the rights of human subjects in all federally funded studies."
"The key to welfare reform is restoring personal responsibility and encouraging  two parent households. "
" Illegal aliens must be ineligible for all but emergency benefits. "
" In 1983, a Republican president, working with the Republican Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee   Bob Dole   saved the Social Security system from fiscal disaster.  "
"In other words, trial lawyers have profited from the current flawed and unfair liability scheme, while toxic waste sites wait to be cleaned up.  "
"Republicans trust Americans to honor their shared desire to live and raise their children in a clean and healthy environment.  "
"These rules will impose new requirements on cities, add unnecessary costs, and destroy jobs without adequate justification. "
" That lesson has been confirmed in the tragic environmental record of Communist rule and of socialist regimes in the less developed world.  "
"We will preserve priority wilderness and wetlands   real wetlands of environmental significance, not the damp grounds of a bureaucrat's imagination. "
"We recognize the need to keep our National Park System healthy and accessible to all.  "
" We oppose extremist attempts to shut down American mining in favor of our international competitors."
"We support the federal government's obligation under contract to take possession of nuclear waste and remove it from temporary storage in over 30 states across the country.  "
"We support greater competition as we move toward a market based approach, with true and meaningful deregulation, after an appropriate and fair transition period that allows for competitive retail markets while ensuring reliability of service in a cost effective manner for all consumers.   "
"Republicans deplore the arbitrary and premature abandonment of the previous policy of voluntary reductions of greenhouse gas emissions. "
"The first Republican majorities in both the House and Senate in 40 years won an historic breakthrough with the "Freedom to Farm" act.  "
" As Bob Dole said, "It is an outrage that the patriots who threw off the chains of Soviet bondage have been told by Bill Clinton that they must wait to join the NATO alliance."  We strongly endorse Bob Dole's call for Poland, the Czech Republic, and Hungary to enter NATO by 1998."
" Its willingness to accept Russian changes to already agreed to arms control treaties has undermined security"
" Its complacency over Russia's sale of nuclear technology to Iran and Cuba has contributed to the threat of nuclear proliferation."
" We are committed to readiness not just today, but also tomorrow"
"The Clinton Administration's own inadequate defense "strategy" has been underfunded"
" The Clinton Administration's dismal performance in Somalia, resulting in needless American deaths, set the stage for international passivity in the face of genocide in Rwanda and Burundi"
" A Republican Administration will keep the mutual security treaties with Japan and with the Republic of Korea as the foundation of our role in the region"
"  We support the aspiration of the Chinese people for both economic and political liberty, which includes respect for the human rights of the people of Tibet"
" We applaud those leaders in the Arab world,  President Mubarak and King Hussein, who have spoken courageously and acted boldly for the cause of peace"
"We salute the men and women of the National Guard and Reserve, citizen soldiers who have been   and must continue to be   a tradition in America"
"We support the advancement of women in the military"
" That is why Republicans proposed and created a separate Department of Veterans Affairs, support veterans' preference in federal employment education and retraining programs, and pledge sufficient funding for veterans' hospitals, medical care, and employment programs."
"America stands on the brink of a new century"
" After victory in the "long twilight struggle" against Soviet Communism, Americans can feel justifiably proud of the role they played in defeating  history's most corrupt and predatory empire"
" But these gifts are cause for gratitude and humility, not complacency"
"This election will be about the big choices we have to make to secure prosperity that is broadly shared and progress that reaches all families in this new American century."
"A new economy founded on the force of new technologies and traditional values of work is giving rise to new industries and transforming old ones."
"They shaped effective solutions to real problems."
"They knew that the private sector is the engine of economic growth, but they also knew that, in Franklin Roosevelt's phrase, "the national community"   acting through government   can make a big difference."
"Time after time, Republicans opposed the ideas that brought prosperity to America."
"Despite a Democratic record of success, the Republicans now propose to rewind to the policies that brought America the days of deficits, doubt, debt, and decline; "
"Fifth, we must open new markets to American products at home and around the world."
"For the past eight years, Democrats have been working to offer tax relief to the Americans who need it the most where they need it the most."
"Today, for most families, the federal tax burden is the lowest it has been in twenty years."
"Americans' golden years should be times of calm and security, not concern and stress. "
"Democrats have successfully passed reforms to simplify the pension process for small businesses, expand pension portability, and protect employee pension funds."
"This is becoming increasingly important today, as pensions are progressively being shifted from a workers' benefit plan to a workers' contribution plan."
"Separate from Social Security, Retirement Savings Plus accounts would let Americans save and invest on top of the foundation of Social Security's guaranteed benefit."
"Nine out of every ten children in this country attend a public school."
"We have opened the gates of college to millions of Americans."
"Al Gore believes in expanding after school programs and providing Americans with an after school tax credit so that children have a safe, supervised after school environment where they can continue to learn and learn right from wrong."
"Too often, our culture offers our children a virtual crash course in violence and degradation."
"Schools need to make sure they teach kids respect, reliability, and responsibility as well."
"Students in those schools should get first priority in transferring to a better performing public school in the district and getting intensive after school academic help to make sure they are not left behind while their school is being turned around."
"In addition, Al Gore has proposed the creation of a new 21st Century Teacher Corps   open to talented people around the country who agree to teach in a school that needs their help."
"Far too many teachers are overstressed and overworked, underpaid and underappreciated."
"We must assure that schools have the resources to meet the challenges of an increasingly diverse student population with programs for English language learners, including bilingual education, to close the achievement gap."
"Charter schools and other nontraditional public school options can free school leaders, teachers, parents, and community leaders to use their creativity and innovation to help all students meet the highest academic standards."
"And we must do more than merely teaching technology in the classroom and the workplace."
"Democrats recognize that a sustained public investment in long term basic research has been the foundation for America's scientific and technological leadership."
"the right to know how, when, and how much of that information is being used; "
"Democrats believe that in building upon the record breaking prosperity and growth achieved in the past eight years, we must not leave any community behind."
"In too many communities, however, owning or renting an affordable home seems an impossible dream."
"We must expand the supply of life cycle housing."
"about a rising tide lifting the boats of workers here and abroad; "
"As President, Al Gore will move aggressively to reduce our overall trade deficit and stop the erosion of good paying manufacturing jobs."
"And U.S. representatives at the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank should also seek to advance fair treatment for workers internationally."
"We must forge partnerships between labor and management that recognize the interests of both sides while uniting both front line government workers and managers in a common crusade to improve government performance."
"There is a basic bargain at the heart of the American story   hard work should be both required and rewarded."
"We need a new national law banning permanent striker replacement workers   so that workers' right to organize into a union and bargain with their employers are never compromised."
"It is part of our vision of abolishing poverty."
"Now, in another moment of big choices, Democrats stand ready to lead again   with a record of results and a vision for the future."
"So we want to use this moment to bring even more progress to America."
"To clean up our environment and our politics."
"We need mandatory child safety locks, to protect our children."
"Democrats oppose efforts to strip the federal courts of jurisdiction to decide critical issues affecting workers, immigrants, veterans and others of access to justice."
"Government does not raise children, families do."
"Already millions of Americans have benefited from the Family and Medical Leave law, now we need to expand it so that it covers parent teacher visits and children's routine medical appointments."
"and fix the "marriage penalty" so that parents can spend more time at home and less time trying to make ends meet."
"Thus Democrats support helping those men who want to reconnect with their families and who want to become a positive force in the lives of their children."
"Many parents are not aware of the resources available to them, such as the V chip technology in television sets and Internet filtering devices, that can help them shield children from violent entertainment."
"This is an essential step in making sure that the best new cures and therapies are available to our seniors and disabled Americans."
"With the number of Americans on Medicare expected to double in the next 35 years, Al Gore has stepped up and taken responsibility by proposing a Medicare Lock Box that would insure Medicare surpluses are used for Medicare   and not for pork barrel spending or tax giveaways."
"That is why we fought to assure that people with disabilities do not lose their health care when they return to work."
"That is why we have worked for eight years to produce the cleanest environment in decades: with cleaner air, cleaner water, and a safer food supply; "
"a record number of toxic waste dumps cleaned up; "
"and a strong international treaty to begin combating global warming   in a way that is market based and realistic, and does not lead to economic cooling."
"Diseases and pests spreading to new areas."
"Just as our country has been the chief apostle of democracy in the world, we must lead by example at home."
"Democrats believe the people of Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands have a right to be fully self governing."
"America's diversity is expanding, yet amidst important signs of progress, there is widespread evidence of persistent discrimination, growing racial segregation of our schools and neighborhoods, and dream crushing barriers to opportunity."
"We support continuation of the White House initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders."
"And we will fight for full funding and full staffing of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and other civil rights enforcement agencies so they can do their job of ensuring that America lives up to its creed of equal rights and equal opportunity for all."
"The sovereignty of the American Indians and Native Alaskans and a strong affirmation of the government to government relationship are basic to our approach to the tribal governments."
"America will become much more diverse in the coming century."
"But while much is changing, much remains."
"We strengthened and expanded NATO for a new century."
"Each day, 11,000 more men, women, and children become infected."
"A strong, flexible, and modern military force is the ultimate guarantor of our physical survival and the protection of our interests and values."
"We must always remember the debt this nation owes its defenders."
"We will streamline the disability claims process to ensure that this nation continues to live up to its sacred commitment to the men and women who served in uniform."
"And we must ensure a competitive workforce maintaining high skilled workers and training programs that will ensure the capability to respond to national security emergencies and defense readiness."
"The lessons of the past eight years show that the nation must be prepared to use force when American interests and values are truly at stake."
"We have worked hard and successfully to calm dangerous tensions between our allies Greece and Turkey over issues of sovereignty in the Aegean, and we have never ceased our efforts to facilitate a resolution of tensions between the Greek and Turkish communities on Cyprus."
"This Administration's efforts to design new relationships with the Russian Federation and China have been continuously subjected to every form of harassment and attack by the Republicans   but they have been in America's national interest and they have been the right thing to do."
"Al Gore will make an all out effort to halt Iran's acquisition of weapons of mass destruction and delivery systems."
"With respect to sub Saharan Africa, the Democratic Party believes in supporting what South African President Thabo Mbeki has called "an African renaissance." Notwithstanding this region's many problems, we see the example of South Africa as a great beacon of hope."
"We regard the recently enacted African Growth and Opportunity Act as a major contribution toward the future."
"We will continue to press for human rights, the rule of law, and political freedom."
"We will build on our successful Reinventing Government program, led by Al Gore, to help other nations make their governments more responsive, more open, and more effective."
"The students who come to America to study here   at the best academic institutions in the world   learn about our democratic values and institutions, our entrepreneurial skills, and our culture."
"Our country, after an era of drift, must now set itself to important tasks and higher goals."
"To extend to all citizens the full promise of American life."
"Yesterday's wildest dreams are today's realities, and there is no limit on the promise of tomorrow."
"It's time for an economics of inclusion that will let people keep more of what they earn and accelerate movement up the opportunity ladder."
"We therefore enthusiastically endorse the principles of Governor Bush's Tax Cut with a Purpose:"
"For American producers and consumers alike, the benefits of free trade are already enormous."
"The threat of abusive lawsuits must not be allowed to cripple the capital formation that will drive the Information Revolution."
"A codified World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) agreement ensured that content providers are protected from foreign criminals."
"The impact of the Internet on the daily workings of government to make it more responsive and citizen centered is considered elsewhere in this platform."
"First, commit to global markets and free trade."
"Citizens must have the confidence that their personal privacy will be respected in the use of technology by both business and government."
"In recent years, America seemed to move away from some of the qualities that make her great, but we are now relearning some important lessons."
"With mastery of their subjects, a contagious enthusiasm for learning, and a heartfelt commitment to their students, they can make any school great."
"We applaud them for recognizing that federal mandates must include federal funding."
"Now the challenges we face in the technological revolution and in the global economy require us to continue to expand the extent and excellence of higher education."
"But whatever we name it, the goal is the same    to give hope and real upward mobility to those who have never known either."
"And now it's time to take more steps in the right direction by helping these families climb the opportunity ladder."
"Increase the supply of affordable housing for low income working families and rehabilitate abandoned housing that blights neighborhoods by establishing the Renewing the Dream tax credit."
"For this reason, the Republican Congress mandated charitable choice in the welfare reform law of 1996, allowing states to contract with faith based providers for welfare services on the same basis as any other providers."
"The renewal of entire communities is an awesome task and involves one human face, one human heart at a time."
"Reducing those behaviors is the surest way to end the cycle of child poverty."
"We support the traditional definition of "marriage" as the legal union of one man and one woman, and we believe that federal judges and bureaucrats should not force states to recognize other living arrangements as marriages."
"When the FBI reports that porn sites are the most frequently accessed on the Internet, it's time for parents at home    and communities through their public institutions    to take action."
"Their participation should be actively encouraged, and never conditioned upon the covering or removing of religious objects or symbols."
"The Supreme Court's recent decision, prohibiting states from banning partial birth abortions    a procedure denounced by a committee of the American Medical Association and rightly branded as four fifths infanticide    shocks the conscience of the nation."
"Within proper federal jurisdiction, the Republican Congress has enacted legislation for an effective deterrent death penalty, restitution to victims, removal of criminal aliens, and vigilance against terrorism."
"Support of community based diversion programs for first time, non violent offenders."
"That is why the Republican Congress enacted Megan's Law, requiring local notification when sex offenders are released, and why we advocate special penalties against thugs who, in assaults against pregnant women, harm them or their unborn children."
"Any juvenile who commits any crime while carrying a gun should automatically be detained, not released to someone's custody."
"Personal savings accounts must be the cornerstone of restructuring."
"Any new options for retirement security should be voluntary, so workers can choose to remain in the current system or opt for something different."
"The growing need for long term care calls for long term planning both by individuals and by government."
"Every Medicare beneficiary should have a choice of health care options."
"With a Republican president, that will change."
"We therefore strongly encourage support of the emerging concepts of defined contribution plans and medical savings accounts."
"The tremendous growth of managed health care was driven by a market response to the fractured system of health care delivery that preceded it."
"As Republicans, we hold dear the health and vitality of our families."
"The increasing focus upon health problems of the very elderly, the great majority of whom are women, holds the promise of advances concerning osteoporosis and other ailments which should no longer be considered the inevitable price of old age."
"With parental involvement as the critical component, we can help our youth make the healthy and the right choice in avoiding risk behaviors involving alcohol, drugs, premarital sex, tobacco, and violence."
"The way current laws have been implemented has often fostered costly litigation and discouraged personal innovation in environmental conservation."
"Republicans will employ the best techniques of forestry science to implement a national management strategy for public lands that minimizes the risk to local communities while preserving our natural heritage."
"Congressional Republicans have taken the lead in reversing years of neglect and abuse of these treasures, and we will continue that proactive agenda to keep the park system healthy and accessible to all."
"We support multiple use of public lands conducted in an environmentally and economically sustainable manner."
"We also reaffirm our commitment to preserve access to public lands for multiple use."
"Opposition from the current administration minimized progress in all three areas."
"That's why he has asked for restoration of presidential fast track negotiating authority, the key to forceful trade negotiations abroad."
"We likewise support the ethanol tax credit, which is good for both the environment and for farmers."
"We recognize the special challenges they face in working for good schools, accessible health care, decent housing, safe drinking water and waste disposal, and serviceable transportation."
"Meanwhile, domestic oil production has fallen 17 percent over the last eight years, as vast areas of the continental U.S. have been put off limits to energy leasing    though we depend on oil and natural gas for 65 percent of our energy supply."
"What meets EPA's standards in one city may not be legally sold in another."
"That strategy will: Increase domestic supplies of coal, oil, and natural gas."
"Our country does have ample energy resources waiting to be developed, and there is simply no substitute for an increase in their domestic production."
"Twelve agencies administer over 35 food safety laws."
"The principal cure for the ills of democracy is greater participation in the political process by more citizens."
"Preserve access to the Internet for political speech and debate."
"It will replace a bureaucratic mentality clicking along at a Morse Code pace."
"Withdrawing these orders should be a priority of a new administration dedicated to the rule of law."
"We will extend similar protections to non profit organizations    churches, civic and community groups, and the volunteers who sustain them."
"The District of Columbia is a special responsibility of the federal government and should be a model for urban areas throughout the country."
"We affirm our support for the patriotic U.S. citizens of Guam to achieve greater local self government, an improved federal territorial relationship, new economic development strategies, and continued self determination as desired with respect to political status."
"And let us have an American foreign policy that reflects American character."
"Iraq tried the law of the jungle and was routed, its aggressive power broken."
"The Arab Israeli peace process was revived."
"The arrogance, inconsistency, and unreliability of the administration's diplomacy have undermined American alliances, alienated friends, and emboldened our adversaries."
"World trade talks in Seattle that the current administration had sponsored collapsed in spectacular failure."
"A misguided policy toward China was exemplified by President Clinton's trip to Beijing that produced an embarrassing presidential kowtow and a public insult to our longstanding ally, Japan."
"With weak and wavering policies toward Russia, the administration has diverted its gaze from corruption at the top of the Russian government, the slaughter of thousands of innocent civilians in Chechnya, and the export of dangerous Russian technologies to Iran and elsewhere."
"Republicans know that the American commitment to freedom is the true source of our nation's strength."
"Moments of national opportunity are either seized or lost."
"With a backlog of almost a half million cases, the Veterans Benefit Administration needs to be brought into the Information Age."
"The United States must be able to select the systems that will work best, not those that answer political expediency, and we must aggressively reinvigorate the ballistic missile defense technology base necessary to ensure that these systems succeed."
"American security need no longer depend on the old nuclear balance of terror."
"It is past time that the United States should reexamine the requirements of nuclear deterrence."
"Working with U.S. military leaders and with the Congress, a Republican president will reevaluate America's nuclear force posture and pursue the lowest possible number consistent with our national security."
"A new Republican president will renew America's faltering fight against the contagious spread of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons, as well as their means of delivery."
"Republicans will also go beyond the old arguments that pitted bilateral deals against global trade rules."
"The failed leadership of the administration in international economics is exemplified by the humiliating debacle of the WTO meeting in Seattle    a conference the current administration first sponsored and then wrecked through its own indecision and inconsistency."
"Institutions founded in the Second World War and its aftermath built the basis for America's position today, but those institutions, like the Bretton Woods monetary system and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, were partly sustained by the Cold War."
"This agenda will include support for structural reforms that will encourage self help through efficient markets."
"These solutions should use market mechanisms to allocate the costs of adjustment, help governments competently manage the resources they do control, and encourage application of the new technologies that offer the greatest promise to protect the global environment."
"These purchases by our Latin American neighbors are rising at a rate almost twice as fast as the rate for the rest of the world."
"Yet a true North American community should have a wider agenda that also includes the development of civil society."
"American ties to the Philippines have been close for more than a hundred years."
"As a result of the courageous and resolute leadership of Presidents Reagan and Bush, the Cold War has been won, Germany unified and, with the leadership of a Republican Senate, Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary returned to the Euro Atlantic Community."
"The United States should promote reconciliation and friendship not only between the United States and Russia, but also between Russia and its neighbors."
"Over time European troops should take the place of American forces under the NATO umbrella as the United States and its allies work together to bring peace and democracy to the Balkans."
"The current administration's quixotic efforts have only propped up corrupt elites, identified America with discredited factions and failed policies, and encouraged anti Americanism."
"Iran continued to sponsor international terrorism, oppose the Arab Israeli peace process, and pursue nuclear, biological, chemical, and missile capabilities with extensive foreign assistance."
"A unilateral declaration of independence by the Palestinians would be a violation of that commitment."
"We will maintain the sanctions on the Iraqi regime while seeking to alleviate the suffering of innocent Iraqi people."
"The administration has used an arsenal of dilatory tactics to block any serious support to the Iraqi National Congress, an umbrella organization reflecting a broad and representative group of Iraqis who wish to free their country from the scourge of Saddam Hussein's regime."
"All Americans hope that a new generation of Iranian leaders will rise to power seeking friendlier relations with the United States and a less threatening posture in the region."
"But freedom is gaining ground in South Africa, Nigeria, Niger, Mozambique, and Mauritius."
"The National Endowment for Democracy, and other American public diplomacy institutions, continues today to advance and protect American ideals and interests abroad."
"For that reason, we will protect the rights of families in international programs and will not fund organizations involved in abortion."
"A Republican administration will work to improve international cooperation against all forms of cross border criminality, especially the burgeoning threat of cyber crime that threatens the vitality of American industries as diverse as aerospace and entertainment."
"Our great middle class is hard pressed."
"We have a plan to help our people build strong, healthy families: securing quality health care, offering world class education, and ensuring clean air and water."
"We recommit to the ideal of a people united in helping one another, an ideal as old as the faiths we follow and as great as the country we love."
"But the Bush Administration has walked away from more than a hundred years of American leadership in the world to embrace a new     and dangerously ineffective     disregard for the world."
"Not just our peace and security, but the world's."
"Terrorists like al Qaeda and its affiliates are unlike any adversary our nation has ever known."
"We will train and equip the military to enhance its capabilities to seek out and destroy terrorists."
"Unfortunately, this Administration's policies have moved America in the opposite direction."
"For most of these weapons and materials, cooperative security upgrades have not been completed."
"The President has not given our troops the clarity of mission, the equipment or the international support they need and deserve."
"Thousands of National Guardsmen and reservists have been forced to leave their families and jobs for more than a year     with no end in sight     because this Administration ignored the pressing need for a true coalition."
"America also needs a massive training effort to build Iraqi security forces that can actually provide security for the Iraqi people."
"Chronic and debilitating hunger also threatens the very survival of communities where investment in agriculture has suffered for over a decade."
"We will continue to promote policies to support newly democratic states that have shown a commitment to economic reform and respect for human rights."
"The Bush Administration has allowed the Atlantic partnership to erode, leaving the United States dangerously isolated from its indispensable allies."
"We will increase efforts to combat drug trafficking throughout the Caribbean and ensure that those involved in bringing drugs into the U.S. are brought to justice."
"We are committed to the best training, facilities and support for America's diplomats, the men and women of America's foreign affairs community, who represent our country and work to promote our values around the world."
"You will be armed with the right weapons, schooled in the right skills, and fully prepared to win on the battlefield."
"The vast majority of the Army's active duty combat divisions are committed to Iraq  currently there, preparing to go, or recently returned."
"The National Guard has served in every war, and they're serving now."
"They've done nothing as gas prices have soared to record levels."
"Our ingenuity and determination built the cars we drive and the bridges we use."
"Our economy cannot convert to hydrogen overnight, so we will fund research to overcome the obstacles to hydrogen fuel and continue our other efforts to achieve energy independence."
"We support balanced development of domestic oil supplies in areas already open for exploration, like the western and central Gulf of Mexico."
"We have made some progress since the terrible attacks of September 11th."
"The government has missed its own deadlines for upgrading and integrating security databases, and still fails to share information with the state and local law enforcement agencies on the frontlines."
"We will improve security at our borders and entry points to block the individuals and weapons that would harm us."
"We will improve transit rail and subway security, by adding chemical release detectors to deter attacks like we saw in Tokyo, and taking other steps."
"We can do more for the heroes of 9/11 and we can do more for our fellow citizens."
"We will provide direct assistance to our police officers and firefighters on the frontlines."
"We support the development of a new community defense service grounded in neighborhoods and comprised of ordinary Americans from across the country."
"We support the rights of victims to be respected, to be heard, and to be compensated."
"Instead of meeting the challenge of globalization by strengthening our workers' ability to compete and win, this Administration uses globalization as an excuse not to fight for American jobs."
"Open markets spur innovation, speed the growth of new industries, and make our businesses more competitive."
"We will effectively enforce our trade laws protecting against dumping, illegal subsidies, and import surges that threaten American jobs."
"When states are the thrust into a fiscal crisis due to a national economic downturn, we should support Federal fiscal relief to states as an effective tool to jumpstart growth and job creation, and to prevent harmful tuition and tax increases, as well as painful cuts to vital education, health, homeland security, and other critical services; "
"We will ensure that the right to organize a union exists in the real world, not just on paper, because that's how we create more jobs that can support families."
"It also means barring the permanent replacement of legal strikers."
"Through our jobs plan, we will bring hope and jobs back to the cities and small towns devastated by the shuttering of factories."
"And as they lose the struggle to make ends meet, one out of every seven middle class families may be bankrupt by the end of the decade."
"And we will oppose tax increases on middle class families, including those living abroad."
"We will increase tax credits to pay for child care and eldercare, and make sure those credits are available to lower income families and stay at home parents."
"We will expand after school opportunities, help schools stay open until 6 p.m., and offer good transportation so young people can take advantage of it."
"We will end corporate welfare as we know it."
"We will eliminate the indefensible loopholes in our tax code   from tax deals that have no purpose but avoiding taxes to the very shelters that Enron used to drive so many lives toward financial ruin."
"And we will eliminate the corporate subsidies that waste taxpayer dollars and undermine fair competition."
"But tens of millions of Americans pay too much and get too little from our health care system, and tens of millions more have no health insurance at all."
"American incomes suffer because raises are stifled by rising insurance premiums."
"Under the leadership of John Kerry and John Edwards, we will offer individuals and businesses tax credits to make quality, reliable health coverage more affordable."
"We will enact a real Patient's Bill of Rights to put doctors and nurses back in charge of making medical decisions with their patients     instead of allowing HMO bureaucrats to decide what a patient needs."
"We need to expand alternative care options and provide better assistance for those who give care."
"We will secure more funding for aggressive biomedical research seeking affordable and effective therapies based on real science."
"We will pursue this research under the strictest ethical guidelines, but we will not walk away from the chance to save lives and reduce human suffering."
"Finally, we will never forget the debt America owes our veterans."
"For this White House, education is an easy promise     easy come, and easy go."
"Yet while then Governor Bush promised to increase college aid, President Bush tried to charge more for student loans and eliminate Pell Grants for 84,000 students."
"We believe providing resources without reform is a waste of money, and reform without resources is a waste of time."
"And teachers deserve due process protection from arbitrary dismissal, but we must have fast, fair procedures for improving or removing teachers who do not perform on the job."
"With the leadership of John Kerry and John Edwards, we will make college more affordable, so that more young people get higher education, and more of those who graduate get relief from the crushing burden of debt."
"These are subjects where America has always led the world and must continue to lead in the 21st century."
"it is our responsibility to protect them."
"We reject the false choice between a healthy economy and a healthy environment."
"We will protect Nevada and its communities from the high level nuclear waste dump at Yucca mountain which has not been proven to be safe by sound science."
"American history is the story of a diverse people striving     sometimes fitfully, but in the end, faithfully     to realize our ideals: a common dream of equality, and opportunity, freedom and community."
"John Kerry, John Edwards and the Democratic Party believe in a better America, more equal, more free     We believe in common service to our commonwealth."
"And we will restore the commitment to ethics in government."
"Voting is the foundation of democracy, a central act of civic engagement, and an expression of equal citizenship."
"Every vote must count and every vote must be counted, including absentee ballots."
"We are a nation of immigrants, and from Arab Americans in California to Latinos in Florida, we share the dream of a better life in the country we love."
"In our country, marriage has been defined at the state level for 200 years, and we believe it should continue to be defined there."
"RONALD REAGAN believed that people were basically good, and had the right to be free."
"He believed that America was not just a place in the world, but the hope of the world."
"Our plans focus on ensuring that America remains safe, terrorists are defeated, and democracy flourishes in the world … on expanding opportunities for ownership and investment … on making tax relief permanent and ensuring greater energy independence … on increasing the affordability and accessibility of health care … on promoting works of compassion and strengthening our greatest values … on preparing students for success in life by bringing the benefits of education reform to high schools … and on helping workers adjust to a changing economy by offering flexible training options that meet their individual needs."
"Protecting Our Families … because we respect the family's role as a touchstone of stability and strength in an ever  changing world."
"And a choice between moving forward and turning back."
"TABLE OF CONTENTS Winning the War on Terror 1 Ushering in an Ownership Era 39 Building an Innovative, Globally Competitive Economy 45 Strengthening Our Communities 67 Protecting Our Families 87 Summary and Call to Action 93 WINNING THE WAR ON TERROR “Our nation's cause has always been larger than our nation's defense."
"We will defend the peace against the threats from terrorists and tyrants."
"Every nation must make a choice to support terror or to support America and our coalition to defeat terror."
"No form of therapy or coercion will turn them from their murderous ways."
"The terror camps are closed and the Afghan government is helping us to hunt the Taliban and terrorists in remote regions."
"The government has captured or killed many first tier leaders of the al Qaeda organization in Saudi Arabia."
"As he had for over a decade, he refused to comply."
"Iraq, which once had the worst government in the Middle East, is now becoming an example of reform to the region."
"In Afghanistan and Iraq, our enemies have seen the results of what civilized nations can, and will, do against regimes that harbor, support, and use terrorism to achieve their political goals."
"Most importantly, American soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines risking their lives in Iraq need to hear it."
"Uncertainty about America's commitment to that mission makes it immeasurably more difficult."
"insisted on confronting the threat from North Korea through Six Party Talks involving the Republic of Korea, Japan, China, and Russia; "
"We hail the strong and broad based cooperation of America's allies in the War on Terror."
"The Atlantic Alliance has widened the circle of its friends, while also creating a new chapter in our relationship with Russia."
"With allies, America has launched the Broader Middle East Initiative, to encourage reform and democracy throughout the region, a project that will shape the history of our times for the better."
"tighten security at entry points like ports, airports, and borders; "
"These dedicated men and women, the nation's last line of defense and first hope in response, give their utmost every day to keep us safe."
"screening takes place in foreign ports, well before potentially dangerous cargo ever reaches our shores; "
"In many cases, immigrants of the past fled violence and oppression searching for peace and freedom."
"We must know the identity of all visitors who enter the United States, and we must know when they leave."
"We must strengthen our Border Patrol to stop illegal crossings, and we will equip the Border Patrol with the tools, technologies, structures, and sufficient force necessary to secure the border."
"and further secure more than $5.5 billion to enhance the stockpile and to encourage the development of new vaccines and countermeasures."
"investing more in our technical intelligence capabilities so that we stay ahead of our enemies' changing communications technology and tactics; "
"and ensuring the most effective and coordinated use of these resources and personnel."
"These long overdue budget increases help fulfill the President's commitments and ensure a fighting force that is second to none."
"In reality, this cost grew to almost 20 percent."
"Our combined military forces have demonstrated overwhelming combat effectiveness in Afghanistan, Iraq, and in other operations around the world."
"Later this year, the first components of America's missile defense system will become operational."
"Where governments have implemented real policy changes, we will provide significant new levels of assistance."
"While international organizations can serve the cause of peace, Republicans believe they can never serve as a substitute for, or exercise a veto over, principled American leadership."
"The United Nations was not designed to summon or lead armies in the field and, as a matter of U.S. sovereignty, American troops must never serve under United Nations command."
"We applaud President Bush and the Republican Congress for working to end the unacceptable discrimination against Israel at the United Nations, by that institution's denying committee assignments to Israel."
"President Bush has made peace in Sudan a top priority of his foreign policy, including the appointment of a Special Envoy to facilitate discussions and the signing of the Sudan Peace Act."
"However, the Government of Sudan must not remain complicit in the brutalization of Darfur."
"Republicans are proud of President Bush's historic leadership that has placed America at the forefront of helping the people of Africa, their governments, and private groups combat the catastrophic HIV/AIDS pandemic."
"In every major security issue of our time     including counterterrorism, nonproliferation, Iraq, and North Korea     our allies in Asia are providing unprecedented cooperation."
"In concert with America's allies South Korea and Japan, and supported by China and Russia, our nation is leading the international community to speak with one voice to demand the complete, verifiable, and irreversible dismantlement of North Korea's nuclear programs."
"Americans have shed their blood to stop North Korean aggression before and remain prepared to resist aggression today."
"Republicans applaud President Bush for his leadership in dramatically refashioning America's relationship with Pakistan."
"The power of market principles and the WTO's requirements for transparency and accountability have bolstered openness and the rule of law in China."
"In recognition of its growing importance in the global economy, Republicans applaud Taiwan's membership in the World Trade Organization and support its participation in the World Health Organization and other multilateral institutions."
"We hail the President's success in achieving unprecedented cooperation with Europe     at NATO, through the European Union, and with individual nations     in combating terrorism and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, building peace and democracy in Afghanistan and Iraq, and advancing the cause of freedom, democracy, and opportunity throughout the broader Middle East and North Africa."
"This enduring truth was reaffirmed by our European allies after the attacks of September 11, 2001, when NATO invoked its Article V self defense clause for the first time in the history of the Alliance, recognizing that the attack on America was also an attack on the Alliance as a whole."
"We hail those NATO nations and NATO partners that are contributing forces to Iraq, including the Polish led division for which the Alliance has provided technical support."
"We share the President's commitment that America's support for this vital work will continue."
"We support the President's goal of a Middle East Free Trade Area by 2013 and highlight the conclusion of Trade and Investment Framework Agreements with Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Tunisia, among others."
"We recognize Israel's right to defend itself in the face of homicide bombings and other attacks against the people of Israel."
"We are very concerned about the escalation of anti Semitic violence worldwide, including in Europe."
"However, as he observed in his remarks of June 24, 2002, for such a vision to become a reality, Palestinians need a new leadership, not compromised by terror."
"The Bush Administration has been clear about the obligations of Arab nations in achieving peace in the Middle East."
"We also see Iranian citizens risking intimidation and death as they speak out for liberty, human rights, and democracy."
"George W. Bush ran for President on a promise of lower taxes, so that people could keep more of the income they earn."
"Because of the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts, 111 million families are receiving an average tax cut of over $1,500 and the overall tax burden on working Americans is the lowest it has been in 37 years."
"Our Party endorses the President's proposals to make tax relief permanent, so that families and businesses can plan for the future with confidence."
"We want even more people to build assets that they own and can use to meet a variety of needs over the course of their lives."
"Republicans will not rest on this success."
"This new generation of American workers deserves to have ownership of their future."
"Affordable housing is in the national interest."
"We support efforts to enact the Single Family Affordable Housing Tax Credit."
"Future prosperity demands that we have affordable, cleaner, more independent energy supplies and affordable, high quality health care."
"By keeping the costs of running a business low and ensuring that our workers have the skills to compete in a dynamic global economy, President Bush and the Republican Congress will continue to ensure that America is the best nation in the world in which to create jobs."
"The proof is in the numbers, and the numbers prove our economy is strong and growing stronger."
"Employment over the last year is up in 46 of the 50 states, and the unemployment rate is down in 49 of the 50 states."
"It penalizes hard work, marriage, thrift, and success     the very factors that are the foundations for lasting prosperity.” "
"But due to the lack of indexing, the broad base and reach of the current AMT will make it apply increasingly to middle income taxpayers."
"It is often said that a government program is the closest man has come to achieving immortality."
"We support President Bush's vision for government reform, which is guided by three principles."
"for the first time, an independent board has been established to oversee the accounting profession; "
"Separately, the enforcement budget of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has more than doubled, and the SEC has issued new rules to ban late trading and other fraudulent practices engaged in by certain mutual funds."
"Junk and frivolous lawsuits are driving up the cost of doing business in America by forcing companies to pay excessive legal expenses to fight off or settle often baseless lawsuits."
"Republicans support a healthy intercity passenger rail system."
"The President's proposal would make America more energy independent while creating jobs and promoting economic growth."
"If the previous Administration had not vetoed the ANWR proposal passed by the Republican Congress in 1995, at this moment ANWR would be producing up to one million barrels of oil a day."
"We believe there is an inseparable link between a vibrant economy and a high quality education system."
"Strong schools will also produce a workforce with the skills to compete in the 21st century economy."
"Thanks to President Bush's vision and the success of the No Child Left Behind Act, we have a track record worthy of Americans' trust."
"President Bush and Congressional Republicans have provided the largest increase in federal education funding in history and the highest percentage gain since the 1960s."
"In addition, since the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act, states have received additional funds for early childhood reading efforts."
"These grants will help an estimated 5.3 million low income students pay for higher education     one million more students than when President Bush and Vice President Cheney came to office."
"To ensure that America remains the world leader in the innovation economy     and to ensure that America's graduates have the training they need to compete for the best jobs of the 21st century     President Bush proposes to expand opportunities for math and science education in colleges and universities."
"Furthermore, fluency in English should be the goal of bilingual education."
"Thanks to Republican efforts to enforce the law, the word is getting out that benefits managers should invest and manage employees' retirement funds as carefully as they would handle their own."
"The way to alleviate that burden is to bring down the cost of health care in America."
"The Administration is working with private sector innovators to develop reliable, secure methods of storing personal medical information that will broaden the benefits of health IT."
"We support the work of the President and Republicans in Congress on legislation to make it possible for health professionals to work together more effectively to provide the best possible care for all patients."
"Two thirds of America's economic growth in the 1990s resulted from the introduction of new technology and 60 percent of the new jobs of the 21st century require post secondary education, yet only one third of America's workforce has achieved that level."
"Consumers should have more options for affordable broadband access."
"Republican policies are working: Broadband adoption has grown 300 percent from December 2000 to December 2003     from 7 million to 28 million lines."
"We applaud the President and Republicans in Congress for their determination to follow through on this promise to America's seniors."
"Our Party's environmental policies are geared towards results."
"Clear Skies, through a proven cap and trade system, will reduce by 70 percent emissions of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and mercury."
"So far, the Bush Administration has restored more than 1,000 brownfields to usable condition, which is more than were restored in the previous seven years."
"The success of America's farmers and ranchers is essential to the success of the American economy."
"And the No Child Left Behind law is bringing new hope to parents and students in inner city schools."
"Washington, D.C., is a special responsibility of the federal government and should be a model for urban areas throughout the country."
"The city's downhill slide was stopped in the 1990s, both through its own internal efforts and through the active intervention of Congressional Republicans."
"We agree that the best way to deter crime is to enforce existing laws and hand down tough penalties against anyone who commits a crime with a gun."
"The President established the Office of Faith Based and Community Initiatives in the White House to coordinate federal, state, and local efforts to tear down barriers that have prevented religiously affiliated groups from applying for government grants on an equal footing with secular organizations."
"We also affirm that the hiring rights of religious organizations must be maintained so that religious charities do not have to abandon their religious character in order to provide publicly funded services."
"The foundation of our democratic republic is our commitment to conducting free and fair elections."
"These are strong efforts to help Americans with disabilities lead independent, fulfilling lives."
"Private sector initiatives, rather than public assistance, can best improve material conditions in Indian communities."
"We applaud President Bush for keeping his promise to eliminate within five years the maintenance and repairs backlog afflicting Indian schools."
"We support efforts to provide higher quality health care through the Indian Health Service."
"We uphold the unique government to government relationship between the tribes and the United States and honor our nation's trust obligations to them."
"They are upholding the high ideal of service on behalf of liberty."
"We believe that the self proclaimed supremacy of these judicial activists is antithetical to the democratic ideals on which our nation was founded."
"We support the right of the United States citizens of Puerto Rico to be admitted to the Union as a fully sovereign state after they freely so determine."
"There must be strong workplace enforcement with tough penalties against employees and employers who violate immigration laws."
"In addition, Border Patrol agents now have sweeping new powers to deport illegal aliens without having first to go through the cumbersome process of allowing the illegal alien to have a hearing before an immigration judge."
"We must stand with our families to help them raise healthy, responsible children.”"
"We need to build on the results of the 1996 reforms and continue to move welfare recipients into jobs and off the welfare rolls."
"Abstinence from sexual activity is the only protection that is 100 percent effective against out of wedlock pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases, including sexually transmitted HIV/AIDS."
"More flexibility in the workplace will help Americans to better manage the demands of work and family."
"President Bush said, “We will not stand for judges who undermine democracy by legislating from the bench and try to remake America by court order.” "
"We oppose using public revenues for abortion and will not fund organizations which advocate it."
"We stand for the freedom of families and individuals to have good schools, good health care, and affordable housing and services."
"Because of his vision, we will be even stronger."
"A land of historic resourcefulness has lost its patience with elected officials who have failed to lead."
"Sometimes they invited calamity, rushing us into an ill considered war in Iraq. "
"The list of failures of this Administration is historic."
"So, we come together not only to replace this President and his party    and not only to offer policies that will undo the damage they have wrought. "
"We will end the outrage of unaffordable, unavailable health care, protect Social Security, and help Americans save for retirement. "
"The American people do not want government to solve all our problems; "
"Health, gas and food prices are rising dramatically."
"Taking these immediate measures will provide good jobs and will help the economy today."
"Empowering Families for a New Era: Many Americans once worked 40 hours a week for 40 years for a single employer who provided pay to support a family, health insurance, and a pension. "
"Covering All Americans and Providing Real Choices of Affordable Health Insurance Options: Families and individuals should have the option of keeping the coverage they have or choosing from a wide array of health insurance plans, including many private health insurance options and a public plan."
"An End to Insurance Discrimination: Health insurance plans should accept all applicants and be prohibited from charging different prices based on pre existing conditions. "
"We will finally achieve long overdue mental health and addiction treatment parity."
"An Emphasis on Prevention and Wellness: Chronic diseases account for 70 percent of the nation's overall health care spending. "
"Additionally, as childhood obesity rates have more than doubled in the last 30 years, we will work to ensure healthy environments in our schools."
"We support increased funding into research, care and prevention of HIV/AIDS. "
"Individuals, employers, and government must all play a role. "
"Lower  and middle income seniors already have to worry about high health care and energy costs; "
"In America, if someone is willing to work, he or she should be able to make ends meet and have the opportunity to prosper. "
"We believe that standing up for our country means standing up against sexism and all intolerance. "
"The dangers are eclipsed only by the opportunities that would come with change. "
"In platform hearings around the country, Americans called for a Manhattan or Apollo Project level commitment to achieve energy independence."
"In the platform hearings, Americans made it clear that it is morally and economically unacceptable that our high schoolers continue to score lower on math and science tests than most other students in the world and continue to drop out at higher rates than their peers in other industrialized nations. "
"We have to set high standards for them, and spend time with them, and love them. "
"We will make college affordable for all Americans by creating a new American Opportunity Tax Credit to ensure that the first $4,000 of a college education is completely free for most Americans. "
"In exchange for the credit, students will be expected to perform community service. "
"We will start a National Infrastructure Reinvestment Bank that can leverage private investment in infrastructure improvements, and create nearly two million new good jobs."
"It's a market that has created a prosperity that is the envy of the world, and opportunity for generations of Americans."
"We have done this not to stifle   but rather to advance     prosperity and liberty."
"We will require that employees who have company pensions receive annual disclosures about their pension fund's investments."
"or prevent developing country governments from adopting humanitarian licensing policies to improve access to life saving medications. "
"We will also provide access to affordable health insurance and enhance retirement security, and we will update and expand Trade Adjustment Assistance to help workers in industries vulnerable to international competition, as well as service sector and public sector workers impacted by trade, and we will improve TAA's health care benefits. "
"Iraq was a diversion from the fight against the terrorists who struck us on 9 11, and incompetent prosecution of the war by civilian leaders compounded the strategic blunder of choosing to wage it in the first place."
"We will finally make the fight against Al Qaeda and the Taliban the top priority that it should be."
"We will provide steady support for political reformers, democratic institutions, and civil society that is necessary to uphold human rights and build respect for the rule of law."
"And we will institutionalize the practice of developing competitive assessments of critical threats and strengthen our methodologies of analysis."
"A World Without Nuclear Weapons: America will seek a world with no nuclear weapons and take concrete actions to move in this direction. "
"That starts with tougher sanctions and aggressive, principled, and direct high level diplomacy, without preconditions. "
"Biological and Chemical Weapons: We will strengthen U.S. intelligence collection overseas to identify and interdict would be bioterrorists before they strike. "
"Stronger Cyber Security: We will work with private industry, the research community and our citizens, to build a trustworthy and accountable cyber infrastructure that is resilient, protects America's competitive advantage, and advances our national and homeland security."
"Rebuild the Military for 21st Century Tasks: We will rebuild our armed forces to meet the full spectrum needs of the new century. "
"We will combat homelessness, unemployment, and underemployment among veterans and improve the transition for servicemen between the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs. "
"To close this gap, we will invest more in NATO's mission in Afghanistan and use that investment to leverage our NATO allies to contribute more resources to collective security operations and to invest more in reconstruction and stabilization capabilities. "
"The new U.N. Human Rights Council remains biased and ineffective. "
"it must be nurtured with moderates on the inside by building democratic institutions."
"We will also address the root causes of human trafficking, including poverty, discrimination, and gender inequality, as well as the demand for prostitution."
"Protecting our Security and Saving our Planet: We must end the tyranny of oil in our time. "
"We understand that climate change is not just an economic issue or an environmental concern    this is a national security crisis."
"Democrats will halt this dangerous trend, and take the necessary steps to achieving energy independence. "
"We will invest in efficient and clean technologies at home while using our assistance policies and export promotions to help developing countries preserve biodiversity, curb deforestation, and leapfrog the carbon energy intensive stage of development."
"If we act with boldness and foresight, we will be able to tell our grandchildren that this was the time we confronted climate change and secured the weapons that could destroy the human race. "
"Over the years, millions of people have come here in the hope that in America, you can make it if you try. "
"We will help local communities in the American West preserve water to meet their fast growing needs. "
"We are committed to conserving the lands used by hunters and anglers, and we will open millions of new acres of land to public hunting and fishing."
"We look forward to greater partnership with urban America. "
"We will empower grassroots faith based and community groups to help meet challenges like poverty, ex offender reentry, and illiteracy. "
"Improving maternal health also improves children's health, so we will provide access to home visits by medical professionals to low income expectant first time mothers. "
"We must protect our most vulnerable children, by supporting and supplementing our struggling foster care system, enhancing adoption programs for all caring parents, and protecting children from violence and neglect. "
"We will restore funding for the Byrne Justice Assistance Grant Program and expand the use of drug courts and rehabilitation programs for first time, non violent drug offenders."
"Our foreign policy will be sensitive to issues of aggression against women around the world."
"We will pass the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act. "
"We will make the Census more culturally sensitive, including outreach, language assistance, and increased confidentiality protections to ensure accurate counting of the growing Latino and Asian American, and Pacific Islander populations, and continue working on efforts to be more inclusive. "
"As a national party, we will not take any contributions from Political Action Committees during this election"
"The Democratic Party rejects this dichotomy. "
"We will not use signing statements to nullify or undermine duly enacted law. "
"We believe that our Constitution, our courts, our institutions, and our traditions work."
"We will work to fully protect and enforce the fundamental Constitutional right of every American vote  to ensure that the Constitution's promise is fully realized. "
"We will fully fund the Help America Vote Act and work to fulfill the promise of election reform, including fighting to end long lines at voting booths and ensuring that all registration materials, voting materials, polling places, and voting machines are truly accessible to seniors, Americans with disabilities, and citizens with limited English proficiency. "
"We will ensure that absentee ballots are accessible and accurately counted. "
"we will honor our nation's treaty and trust obligations by increasing resources for economic development, health care, Indian education, and other important services. "
"We will respect American Indian cultural rights and sacred places. "
"We will respect Native Hawaiian culture rights and sacred places."
"For that, we are prayerfully grateful and salute all who have played a role in defending our homeland. "
"Along with unrelenting vigilance to prevent bioterrorism and other WMD related attacks, we must regularly exercise our ability to quickly respond if one were to occur. We must continue to remove barriers to cooperation and information sharing. "
"The U.S. should lead that effort by reducing the size of our nuclear arsenal to the lowest number consistent with our security requirements and working with other nuclear powers to do the same. "
"Effective, layered missile defenses are critical to guard against the unpredictable actions of rogue regimes and outlaw states, reduce the possibility of strategic blackmail, and avoid the disastrous consequences of an accidental or unauthorized launch by a foreign power"
"Immigration, National Security, and the Rule of Law: Immigration policy is a national security issue, for which we have one test: Does it serve the national interest? "
"It does not mean driver's licenses for illegal aliens, nor does it mean that states should be allowed to flout the federal law barring them from giving in state tuition rates to illegal aliens, nor does it mean that illegal aliens should receive social security benefits, or other public benefits, except as provided by federal law."
"That is a radical change from the late 1990's, when national defense was neglected and under funded by the Clinton Administration. "
"Their historic role as citizen soldiers is a proud tradition linking every community with the cause of national security. "
"To protect our servicemen and women and ensure that America's Armed Forces remain the best in the world, we affirm the timelessness of those values, the benefits of traditional military culture, and the incompatibility of homosexuality with military service."
"Fulfilling our Commitment to our Veterans: To military personnel who have served honorably and then retire or leave active duty, we owe a smooth transition to civilian life. "
"They represent the best of the American spirit and merit our support."
"State Department Reform: Advancing America's values should be the core mission of every part of the federal government, including the Department of State. "
"We reject any treaty or agreement that would violate those values. "
"For several reasons, particularly our concern for US sovereignty and America's long term energy needs, we have deep reservations about the regulatory, legal, and tax regimes inherent in the Law of the Sea Treaty."
"Decades of massive aid have failed to spur economic growth in the poorest countries, where it has often propped up failed policies and corrupt rulers. "
"Looking to the inevitable day of liberation, we support restrictions on trade with, and travel to, Cuba as a measure of solidarity with the political prisoners and all the oppressed Cuban people. "
"The promise of democracy and freedom in Africa is diminished by the government of Zimbabwe, which has seized lands without compensation, debased the currency, murdered and tortured its people, and so intimidated voters that free and fair elections are impossible. "
"Israel: Israel is a vigorous democracy, unique in the Middle East. "
"Afghanistan: In the seven years since U.S. troops helped topple the Taliban, there has been great progress    but much remains to be done. "
"At the same time, the U.S. must retain all options in dealing with a situation that gravely threatens our security, our interests, and the safety of our friends."
"Reforming Government to Serve the People: The American people believe Washington is broken … and for good reason. "
"The earlier approach    annual passage of the appropriation bills, amended and voted up or down, with the numbers there for all to see    had its flaws and generated much red ink. "
"The budget process assumes every spending project will be on the books forever, even if the law says the spending will expire    but it assumes tax relief will be temporary."
"New authorizations should be offset by reducing another program, and no appropriation should be permitted without a current authorization."
"To that end: We urge every congressional committee to reserve at least one week every month to conduct oversight of the nearly 1,700 separate grant and loan programs of the federal government."
"Civil service managers should be given incentives for more effective leadership, including protection against the current guilty untilproven  innocent grievance procedures which disgruntled employees use against them to thwart reform. "
"We will provide Internet transparency in all federal contracting as a necessary step in combating cost overruns. "
"That can leave entire communities vulnerable to natural disasters and deprive others of the improvements necessary for economic growth and job creation. "
"We support a level of investment in the nation's transportation system that will promote a healthy economy, sustain jobs, and keep America globally competitive. "
"Careful reforms of environmental reviews and the permitting process should speed projects to completion."
"Appointing Constitutionalist Judges for the Nation's Courts: Judicial activism is a grave threat to the rule of law because unaccountable federal judges are usurping democracy, ignoring the Constitution and its separation of powers, and imposing their personal opinions upon the public. "
"We condemn the Supreme Court's disregard of homeowners' property rights in its Kelo decision and deplore the Court's arbitrary extension of Americans' habeas corpus rights to enemy combatants held abroad. "
"We support efforts by state and local election officials to ensure integrity in the voting process and to prevent voter fraud and abuse, particularly as it relates to voter registration and absentee ballots."
"We urge all who are legally eligible to participate in the census count to do so; "
"That is an urgent task because economic freedom    and the prosperity it makes possible    are not ends in themselves. "
"That is why Republicans advocate lower taxes, reasonable regulation, and smaller, smarter government. "
"Today's Democratic Party views the tax code as a tool for social engineering. "
"The workplace must catch up with the way Americans live now. "
"For increasing numbers of workers, especially those with children, the choice of working from home will be good for families, profitable for business, and energy efficient"
"Making the best talent part of our team is the rationale for the H 1B visa program, which needs updating to reflect our need for more leaders in science and technology while we take the necessary steps to create more of them in our own school systems. "
"While no one should be denied access to the courts, the rule of lawyers threatens our global competitiveness, denies Americans access to the quality of justice they deserve, and puts every small business one lawsuit away from bankruptcy."
"Trade agreements that have already been signed and are pending before Congress should be debated and voted on immediately."
"They understand, better than most, the need for safe water, clean air, and conservation of open space. "
"We reaffirm traditional state supremacy over water allocations and will continue to make available renewable rangeland under sound environmental conditions. "
"Because of environmental extremism and regulatory blockades in Washington, not a single new refinery has been built in this country in 30 years. "
"There is no reason why the United States cannot catch up and do the same. "
"We must ensure it gets to consumers safely and quickly."
"Given that fully 97 percent of our current transportation vehicles rely on oil, we will aggressively support technological advances to reduce our petroleum dependence. "
"In caring for the land and water, private ownership has been the best guarantee of conscientious stewardship, while the world's worst instances of environmental degradation have occurred under governmental control. "
"By the same token, it is no accident that the most economically advanced countries also have the strongest environmental protections."
"That progress can continue if grounded in sound science, long term planning, and a multiuse approach to resources."
"Republicans support the private practice of medicine and oppose socialized medicine in the form of a government  run universal health care system. "
"Families and health care providers are the key to real reform, not lawyers and bureaucrats. "
"All Americans should receive the same tax benefit as those who are insured through work, whether through a tax credit or other means."
"A culture of wellness needs to include the treatment of mental health conditions. "
"For this reason, we believe it is important that mental health care be treated equally with physical health care."
"Protect Good Health Care Providers from Frivolous Lawsuits: Every patient must have access to legal remedies for malpractice, but meritless lawsuits drive up insurance rates to outrageous levels and ultimately drive up the number of uninsured. "
"No health care professional    doctor, nurse, or pharmacist    or organization should ever be required to perform, provide for, or refer for a health care service against their conscience for any reason. "
"We applaud those who are changing that situation by giving young people real world experience in the private sector and by providing students with rigorous technical and academic courses that give students the skills and knowledge necessary to be productive members in a competitive American workforce."
"As mobility increases in all aspects of American life, student mobility, from school to school and from campus to campus, will require new approaches to admissions, evaluations, and credentialing. "
"We call on service providers to exercise due care to ensure that the Internet cannot become a safe haven for criminals."
"Because it is an international problem, the Executive branch must carry the fight overseas to where the molesters perpetrate their evil."
"Ridding the Nation of Criminal Street Gangs: Gang violence is a growing problem, not only in urban areas but in many suburbs and rural communities. "
"Aliens convicted of crimes that render them removable from the United States must be removed as soon as possible after the completion of their sentences through the immediate transfer of their custody to Immigration and Customs Enforcement."
"Reforming Prisons and Serving Families: Public authorities at all levels must cooperate to regain control of the nation's correctional institutions. "
"Reviews of death sentences imposed for murdering a police officer should be expedited, and a retrial of the penalty phase of the killer's trial should be allowed in the absence of a unanimous verdict."
"We endorse state and local initiatives, such as Drug Courts, that are trying new approaches to curbing drug abuse and diverting first time offenders to rehabilitation."
"They can be excluded from the courtroom even when the defendant and his friends may be present. "
"Both reinforce constructive conduct and ethical standards by setting examples and providing safe havens from dangerous and destructive behaviors. "
"Given the weight of social science evidence concerning the crucial role played by the traditional family in setting a child's future course, we urge a thoughtful review of governmental policies and programs to ensure that they do not undermine that institution."
"To accomplish their missions, those groups must be able to rely upon people who share their faith;"
"Preserving Our Values: From its founding, America has been an idea as much as a political or geographic entity. "
"We applaud the Supreme Court's decision in Heller affirming that right, and we assert the individual responsibility to safely use and store firearms. "
"We ask all to join us in rejecting the forces of hatred and bigotry and in denouncing all who practice or promote racism, anti Semitism, ethnic prejudice, or religious intolerance. "
"Maintaining The Sanctity and Dignity of Human Life: Faithful to the first guarantee of the Declaration of Independence, we assert the inherent dignity and sanctity of all human life and affirm that the unborn child has a fundamental individual right to life which cannot be infringed. "
"We salute those who provide them alternatives, including pregnancy care centers, and we take pride in the tremendous increase in adoptions that has followed Republican legislative initiatives."
"Unbelievably, the Democratic Party has now pledged to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, which would subject every state to the redefinition of marriage by a judge without ever allowing the people to vote on the matter. "
"We affirm every citizen's right to apply religious values to public policy and the right of faith based organizations to participate fully in public programs without renouncing their beliefs, removing religious objects or symbols, or becoming subject to government imposed hiring practices."
"Inadequate resources and neglect have made Native Americans less safe and allowed safe havens to develop in Indian country for criminal narcotics enterprises. "