WB:Former Senator Fred Thompson

"We live in the greatest country in the history of the world," Thompson said. "It is our obligation to keep it that way."

Thompson recounted how the Founders knew both the Scriptures and the earthly wisdom of the ages. They put forth the Declaration of Independence which acknowledged that our rights come from God and not any government.

We were given a Constitution, he said, based on those same principles. The separation of powers was designed to keep too much power from accumulating in one place.

"Our people have shed more blood for the liberation of other people than any other nation in the history of the world," Thompson said.

Thompson said while he was in the U.S. Senate, he had a 100% pro life record and fought for low taxes, a balanced budget and good court nominees.

Thompson said of embryonic stem cell research: "You don't create human life only to destroy it."

Thompson said of abortion that as president, "No legislation will pass my desk that supports this procedure without my veto."

On the Courts: "It is too often our own judicial branch that violates our own rule of law." He said the latest example of this is the same-sex marriage issue, taking something known from the dawn of time as being between a man and a woman and "turning it on it's head."

He said he has proposed a constitutional amendment to stop this type of judicial activism in its tracks.

He said he believed Justice Roberts will go down as one of the best chief justices, and we need more judges like him. "Judge Roberts proved quality will win out in the end."

Thompson said many have not come to terms that we are in a global conflict with radical Islam, and that Iraq is the current front in that conflict. "The will of a people is at least as important as their military might."

Thompson said that while we are a great nation, we must strive to be a good nation.

Thompson mentioned the current controversy over a Maine school giving 11-year-olds contraception, and said that something is seriously wrong when this happens.

Thompson said he will not be afraid to use the pulpit of the presidencey to advocate the right course.

Thompson said the first hour he is president, he will go in the Oval Office, close the door and pray for the wisdom to know what is right. (He received a standing ovation to this).

He said he would also pray for the strength to DO what is right.