“But I'm pro-life because I believe life begins at conception, and I believe that we should do everything possible to protect that life because it is the centerpiece of what makes us unique as an American people. We value the life of one as if it's the life of all, and that's why we go out for the 12-year-old Boy Scout in North Carolina when he's lost; that's why we look for the 13 miners in Sago, West Virginia, when the mine explodes; that's why we go looking for the hikers in Mount Hood, because we value life, and it's what separates us from the Islamic jihadists who are out to kill us. They celebrate death. They have a culture of death. Ours is a culture of life.”

— Mike Huckabee

Republican Presidential Debate, South Carolina, 2007-05-15, quoted in [Republican Presidential Debate in South Carolina, 2007-05-15, New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/15/us/politics/16repubs-text.html?pagewanted=11, 2011-03-01]
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