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Dear Friend,
I have decided, after much prayerful consideration, to consider a bid for the Republican nomination for the presidency.
I am running to spread hope and ideas. We are a blessed nation at an important crossroads. War, corruption, disintegrating families, and for some, hopelessness, tear at the American Dream. We need hope and ideas.
I am running for America…to be of service in a crucial time of trial.
Ours is an exceptional nation. A nation between two oceans made up of people from every nation on earth. A great nation united by our ideals. But we are a great nation because of our goodness. If we ever lose our goodness, we will surely lose our greatness.
We believe in a culture of life—that every human life is a beautiful, sacred, unique child of a loving God.
We believe in justice for all—at all times.
We believe in liberty.
But the central institutions that best transmit these values—the family and the culture—are under withering attack.
We must renew our families and rebuild our culture!
We need to revitalize marriage, support the formation of families, and encourage a culture of commitment.
We need a culture that encourages what is right and discourages what is wrong—and has the wisdom to understand the difference.
Each generation of Americans is called upon to carry the torch of virtue during its brief season. If one generation lets the torch fall, its light is extinguished for all future generations. That’s a big responsibility, but we can achieve it if we pick up the torch with courage, generosity, and realism. We must meet and fulfill the job we are called to accomplish in our day. The time to act to insure our future as a nation is now.
Problems abound. The federal government wastes and spends too much. We lack compassionate yet practical programs to help the poor here and around the world. We need energy independence and alternative, clean-burning, domestic-grown fuels. The scourge of cancer has killed too many and must be stopped. We need term limits for judges and members of Congress like we have for the President. We need a flat tax instead of the dreadful, incomprehensible tax code we now have.
And we need humility.
While I am proud to be an American, when I consider my citizenship and the responsibilities it carries today in the light of eternity, I am more humbled by it. We have been given much and will be held to account for what we have been given.
I ask mostly for your prayers. Pray for America, that our division as a people might end and that our land be healed.
Thank you for your interest and support. Thank you for your prayers. Please join our campaign of national renewal and hope for the future!
God Bless you, and God Bless this nation we love so dearly,
Source: Brownback for President
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEWS RELEASE
January 20, 2007
Brownback Announces Run for President
Delivers remarks from Heritage Hall in Topeka, Kansas
TOPEKA, Kan. - U.S. Senator Sam Brownback today announced his candidacy for President of the United States. He delivered the following remarks from Heritage Hall in his hometown of Topeka, Kansas:
"I am declaring today my candidacy for President of the United States.
"Ours is a great nation and I make one pledge to you, to use our greatness for goodness.
"We are a great nation because our greatness is built on the foundation of fundamental goodness. If ever we lose our goodness, we will surely lose our greatness. Our purposes, from the time of our nation's founding, have always been bigger than we are. They must be if we are to fulfill our destiny.
"But destinies are built on daily achievements. Inch by inch, step by step, we press on to our higher calling. Today I wish to state what I believe those next steps are, for our nation and for our people.
"Two hundred years ago this year, a little known British Parliamentarian by the name of William Wilberforce finally achieved success after a lifetime of effort to end the slave trade in the British Empire. A committed Christian who believed his faith should be a force for good in Britain and around the world, Wilberforce had two great passions: ending the slave trade and renewing the culture. Although his goals appeared impossibly lofty, both were achieved.
"He used Britain's greatness for goodness.
"Our mandate today has a similar feel. If William Wilberforce were alive today, I believe he would be passionately fighting for the dignity of every human life everywhere, without regard to race, wealth, or status. He would also feel compelled to take up the vital cause of renewing the family and the culture.
"These are our fights today.
"We must fight for the downtrodden, the voiceless and the powerless. We must fight for freedom and justice. To do otherwise would be a betrayal of our heritage.
"But, our land needs healing.
"Our people need hope.
"Our world needs help.
"We need reconciliation. Lincoln properly observed that, 'a house divided against itself cannot stand.' We are divided and need healing.
"We need to rebuild our families. We need stronger families! We need people belonging and committed! By doing so, we will reduce poverty, strengthen our nation and increase hope.
"We need to support the foundational institution of marriage as the union of a man and a woman for life. We should support marriage, not tax it. It's wrong to take away welfare benefits just because someone gets married. Marriage remains the best place to raise children--not the only place, but the best.
"We must stop wasteful spending that steals a families' income and then insults them by throwing their money away on pork-barrel projects.
"And we need more opportunities--not more taxes. I've never voted for a tax increase, and I certainly will never sign one!
"But that's not enough. We need a different income tax system altogether. This one, the Internal Revenue Code, should be taken behind the barn and killed with a dull axe.
"I propose the creation of an alternative flat tax, which lets the people choose which system works for them.
"We need a social security system in which all Americans are given a choice in how to prepare for their retirement; a choice they do not presently have. No one should be required to leave the current system, and everyone must be guaranteed their current level of benefits. Every American should be given this freedom.
"We are a large nation. Let's start embracing American-sized goals that lift us up and pull us together!
"Let's put our energies into conquering the number one fear in America: the fear of getting cancer. We can end deaths by cancer in ten years. The last two years have seen a decrease in deaths by cancer. It's time to put this killer to death. With our intense effort, we can make it a chronic--rather than a terminal--illness. What a gift to humanity!
"We need high-quality, affordable health care for everyone. Here, let me step back for a moment. I am a conservative. A conservative that believes in addressing problems, not ignoring them. We must address our health care problems with market-based solutions, not government-run health care. We can, and we must. This topic requires our urgent attention.
"We must be energy self-reliant in North America in the next fifteen years--at the same time we need to reduce our carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere. This is possible using our ingenuity, resources, and determination.
"Also, we need judges who want to be judges, not legislators.
"And for goodness sakes, the last thing we need in America is to take God out of our public lives and institutions! We need to embrace our nation's motto 'In God We Trust,' not be ashamed of it. Search the record of history. To walk away from the almighty is to embrace decline for a nation. To embrace him leads to renewal, for individuals and for nations.
"Something most people feel deeply in their hearts is the need for a culture of life--a culture that doesn't allow the strong to exploit the weak--a culture of compassion instead of a culture of convenience. Life is beautiful. We all know this. Let's start following our hearts and work to protect all innocent human life.
"We are a nation at war. I just returned from Iraq and Afghanistan. Our troops--the finest, most courageous people our nation has to offer--are fighting for the cause of liberty in places that have never known her. It is a long fight. We will win. We cannot lose our will to win! We must win to redeem our troops' sacrifice. Let us resolve to have a bipartisan strategy for the war. We need unity here to win over there. This is not the time for partisanship on any side. Lives--and our future--are at stake.
"We will achieve these goals, not through government action, but by tapping into our innate goodness as a society and working together. This is how America has always achieved great goals.
"At the end of the day, it comes back to the basics: faith, family, and freedom. America is great because she is good. That goodness is not based in Washington, or New York, or even Topeka. It is based in the hearts of the American people. This is a goodness whose author is the divine. A goodness that doesn't let us rest until our neighbor is at peace. A goodness that feels the chains of another rub on our own skin. A goodness from God that demands our vigilant action.
"How much better we will be as we seek to live the great commandment to love God and one another.
"Yes, we are great and that is a humbling thing, for to whom much is given, much is required.
"Let us, in this generation, continue our destiny of greatness by focusing on the heart, a heart full of good. That's what I'll seek to do everyday.
"So it is with sincere humility and a determination to do good that I declare my candidacy for President of the United States.
"God bless you all, and may God continue to bless this great nation!
Courtesy: Brownback For President
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEWS RELEASE
January 20, 2007
Brownback Announces Run for President
Delivers remarks from Heritage Hall in Topeka, Kansas
TOPEKA, Kan. - U.S. Senator Sam Brownback today announced his candidacy for President of the United States. He delivered the following remarks from Heritage Hall in his hometown of Topeka, Kansas:
"I am declaring today my candidacy for President of the United States.
"Ours is a great nation and I make one pledge to you, to use our greatness for goodness.
"We are a great nation because our greatness is built on the foundation of fundamental goodness. If ever we lose our goodness, we will surely lose our greatness. Our purposes, from the time of our nation's founding, have always been bigger than we are. They must be if we are to fulfill our destiny.
"But destinies are built on daily achievements. Inch by inch, step by step, we press on to our higher calling. Today I wish to state what I believe those next steps are, for our nation and for our people.
"Two hundred years ago this year, a little known British Parliamentarian by the name of William Wilberforce finally achieved success after a lifetime of effort to end the slave trade in the British Empire. A committed Christian who believed his faith should be a force for good in Britain and around the world, Wilberforce had two great passions: ending the slave trade and renewing the culture. Although his goals appeared impossibly lofty, both were achieved.
"He used Britain's greatness for goodness.
"Our mandate today has a similar feel. If William Wilberforce were alive today, I believe he would be passionately fighting for the dignity of every human life everywhere, without regard to race, wealth, or status. He would also feel compelled to take up the vital cause of renewing the family and the culture.
"These are our fights today.
"We must fight for the downtrodden, the voiceless and the powerless. We must fight for freedom and justice. To do otherwise would be a betrayal of our heritage.
"But, our land needs healing.
"Our people need hope.
"Our world needs help.
"We need reconciliation. Lincoln properly observed that, 'a house divided against itself cannot stand.' We are divided and need healing.
"We need to rebuild our families. We need stronger families! We need people belonging and committed! By doing so, we will reduce poverty, strengthen our nation and increase hope.
"We need to support the foundational institution of marriage as the union of a man and a woman for life. We should support marriage, not tax it. It's wrong to take away welfare benefits just because someone gets married. Marriage remains the best place to raise children--not the only place, but the best.
"We must stop wasteful spending that steals a families' income and then insults them by throwing their money away on pork-barrel projects.
"And we need more opportunities--not more taxes. I've never voted for a tax increase, and I certainly will never sign one!
"But that's not enough. We need a different income tax system altogether. This one, the Internal Revenue Code, should be taken behind the barn and killed with a dull axe.
"I propose the creation of an alternative flat tax, which lets the people choose which system works for them.
"We need a social security system in which all Americans are given a choice in how to prepare for their retirement; a choice they do not presently have. No one should be required to leave the current system, and everyone must be guaranteed their current level of benefits. Every American should be given this freedom.
"We are a large nation. Let's start embracing American-sized goals that lift us up and pull us together!
"Let's put our energies into conquering the number one fear in America: the fear of getting cancer. We can end deaths by cancer in ten years. The last two years have seen a decrease in deaths by cancer. It's time to put this killer to death. With our intense effort, we can make it a chronic--rather than a terminal--illness. What a gift to humanity!
"We need high-quality, affordable health care for everyone. Here, let me step back for a moment. I am a conservative. A conservative that believes in addressing problems, not ignoring them. We must address our health care problems with market-based solutions, not government-run health care. We can, and we must. This topic requires our urgent attention.
"We must be energy self-reliant in North America in the next fifteen years--at the same time we need to reduce our carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere. This is possible using our ingenuity, resources, and determination.
"Also, we need judges who want to be judges, not legislators.
"And for goodness sakes, the last thing we need in America is to take God out of our public lives and institutions! We need to embrace our nation's motto 'In God We Trust,' not be ashamed of it. Search the record of history. To walk away from the almighty is to embrace decline for a nation. To embrace him leads to renewal, for individuals and for nations.
"Something most people feel deeply in their hearts is the need for a culture of life--a culture that doesn't allow the strong to exploit the weak--a culture of compassion instead of a culture of convenience. Life is beautiful. We all know this. Let's start following our hearts and work to protect all innocent human life.
"We are a nation at war. I just returned from Iraq and Afghanistan. Our troops--the finest, most courageous people our nation has to offer--are fighting for the cause of liberty in places that have never known her. It is a long fight. We will win. We cannot lose our will to win! We must win to redeem our troops' sacrifice. Let us resolve to have a bipartisan strategy for the war. We need unity here to win over there. This is not the time for partisanship on any side. Lives--and our future--are at stake.
"We will achieve these goals, not through government action, but by tapping into our innate goodness as a society and working together. This is how America has always achieved great goals.
"At the end of the day, it comes back to the basics: faith, family, and freedom. America is great because she is good. That goodness is not based in Washington, or New York, or even Topeka. It is based in the hearts of the American people. This is a goodness whose author is the divine. A goodness that doesn't let us rest until our neighbor is at peace. A goodness that feels the chains of another rub on our own skin. A goodness from God that demands our vigilant action.
"How much better we will be as we seek to live the great commandment to love God and one another.
"Yes, we are great and that is a humbling thing, for to whom much is given, much is required.
"Let us, in this generation, continue our destiny of greatness by focusing on the heart, a heart full of good. That's what I'll seek to do everyday.
"So it is with sincere humility and a determination to do good that I declare my candidacy for President of the United States.
"God bless you all, and may God continue to bless this great nation!
Courtesy: Brownback For President
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MEDIA ADVISORY
October 18, 2007
Brownback to Hold Press Conference in Topeka
DES MOINES - U.S. Senator Sam Brownback, Republican candidate for president, will hold a press conference in Topeka, Kansas, this Friday.
Friday, October 19
Brownback Press Conference
3:45 p.m. CT
Room 514 South
State Capitol
SW 10th Ave and SW Jackson St
208 W 2nd Street
Topeka, KS
October 21, 2007
Dear Friends,
On Friday, at the beautiful Kansas State Capitol in Topeka, I announced that I am ending my bid for the presidency.
While I am saddened to leave the race, I can’t tell you how grateful and blessed I feel to have been a part of it. To think that the son of a farmer from Parker, Kansas (population 250) could run for the highest office of this great land tells you about the endless opportunities in America.
And I can’t thank you enough for being a part of it.
Now that our campaign is over, I am going to think of the thousands of supporters I met with across the country that gave me strength and carried me and our shared values forward throughout the race.
My campaign staff and volunteers often joke about how they could easily recite my campaign trail stump speech verbatim for the rest of their lives because they have heard it so many times.
Throughout my stump speech, which I am sure many of you heard especially if you’re from Iowa, I would always address issues and where I stand on them. But I always would end my stump speech centered around one key word: optimism.
Optimism, as defined by Webster’s dictionary: an inclination to put the most favorable construction upon actions and events or to anticipate the best possible outcome.
My friends, America is the greatest nation in the history of mankind because our founding principles declared both the dignity and liberty of man. And a sense of optimism is how we, as a party, can unite in order to move forward and tackle the tough issues facing our nation today.
I am optimistic that we, as a country, will unite to win the war in Iraq by moving forward with a bipartisan political solution that matches the honorable and valiant efforts put forward by our brave men and women in the military.
I am optimistic that our party will stand by its principles and nominate a candidate who will respect and embrace our deeply held conviction that every human life is sacred, including the unborn. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are the unalienable rights of man. But we must always remember: life comes first.
I am optimistic that our party will continue to work diligently to renew the culture, protect marriage, and rebuild the family as the foundational unit of society. And we must always remember that the separation of church and state was meant to protect the church from the state, not the state from the church. We must continue to embrace God in our nation, including in our schools and in the public square.
I am optimistic that our party will move our country forward with a bold 21st century using proven, pro-growth methods: axing the tax code, instituting personal social security accounts, and investing in proven technology to become energy secure.
I am optimistic that the Republican Party will nominate a candidate who can unite both wings of the party: both social and fiscal conservatives. My friend, if our party hopes to achieve success next year, we can only do so by flying on both wings — social and economic conservatism — not just one.
However, given how high the stakes are for our nation, sheer optimism is not enough. We must work for these values as a party.
Join me today in committing to build our party, but never to abandon our core principles.
And I can’t tell you enough: thank you. It has been a distinct honor and a blessing.
Sincerely,
Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS)
Courtesy: Brownback For President