January 21, 2004

A transcript of Ambassador Alan Keyes' remarks Wednesday night on Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor is available below.

When asked by host Bill O'Reilly what he considered the "big issue" of the 2004 presidential campaign, Dr. Keyes insisted that the issue was abortion.

Dr. Keyes then compared abortion to terrorism:

"If the president understood the issue of terrorism, then he would have mentioned the issue of abortion last night" in his State of the Union address.

"I think that the main one that [the president] has to confront is the fact--we are engaged in a war right now with terrorists. The aim of terrorism is to destroy the American spirit," said Keyes. "That's what they aim to do. They take lives, they take buildings, and so forth, to get at our spirit."

Dr. Keyes continued, "And I think that the defense of that spirit is both the thing that I think has been most impressive over the last several years--the resilience of the American people, coming back economically, fighting our enemies--but I think that you therefore have to understand: if we lose our way on the basic issues of moral concern, how are we going to sustain our moral commitment in this very difficult war?"

To see the rest of the interview, which ranged from evaluating Democrat presidential hopefuls to discussing same-sex marriages, click here.

Also, click here to see a follow-up article at Bill O'Reilly's official website.

Dr. Keyes to address CPAC 2004

Ambassador Keyes is scheduled to appear at CPAC in Washington, D.C., Saturday, Jan. 24, 2004, at 9:00 a.m. ET. See www.cpac.org for more details.

This 31st Annual Conservative Political Action Conference will be held Jan. 22 to 24 at the Crystal Gateway Marriott, 1700 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202.

Keyes at "Biblical Foundations of American Law" conference

Ambassador Keyes will then immediately travel to Lancaster, PA, to appear Saturday afternoon, Jan. 24, at the day-long conference, "Biblical Foundations of American Law." Click here for details.

Pro-life rallies

Finally, we encourage you to participate in your local pro-life March for Life this Thursday, Jan. 22, 2004, to solemnly protest the dreadful anniversary of the "legalization" of abortion on demand in our land.