http://edition.cnn.com/video/?/video/politics/2007/08/07/sot.newt.gingrich.cnn

"I think those of you who are worried about civil liberties should focus on winning this war before the casualties become so great that the American people voluntarily give up those freedoms."

The sole purpose of the American government is to protect us. It is not to provide bailouts for failed businessmen who have made loans to sub-prime candidates. It is not to provide health care. It is not to increase the tax burden on the hardworking to help the idle. There are hard decisions to be made, and who is going to make them?