They are questions about the nature of this republic given to us by God. And they come to us at a moment when that republic is in signal danger, when Two generations of feckless policy in Washington, when decades of economic destruction inflicted on the middle class, when deconstructionist lessons taught in the academy have all taken their toll, when they have torn the moral fabric of our national life. And the greatest test of our age and the highest task of our time is to repair that fabric and reclaim the moral vision that binds us together as a people. (01:37–01:55)
CLAIM
Asserts that policies in Washington, economic destruction, and academic teachings have damaged the nation's moral fabric.
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