The perfection of our union, especially our commitment to equality of opportunity, has been a story of constant striving to live up to our Founding principles. This is what Abraham Lincoln meant when he said, 'In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free - honorable alike in what we give, and what we preserve.'
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
Speaker of the US House of Representatives from 2015 to 2019

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Paul Ryan was speaker of the us house of representatives from 2015 to 2019. Paul Davis Ryan is an American politician who served as the 54th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 2015 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he was the party's vice presidential nominee in the 2012 election running alongside Mitt Romney, losing to President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden. Read more on Wikipedia →

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  • Freedom — The value of liberty, independence, and self-determination

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