We are in an eternal battle. The battle is between right and wrong, between truth and lies, between life and death. We need to hold to our principles, and stick to them regardless. I know that not everyone at this conference agrees with a theological interpretation of things. However, that is the perspective of the majority of us here.
Conservatism based upon the Scriptural tradition is the only kind of conservatism which works.
There is no reality apart from God. The real enemy is the secular humanist mindset which seeks to destroy everything that is good in this society. The fight that we are fighting, the battle we have joined, is one that encompasses our entire life span. We can't put our faith in political saviors. This is one of the biggest mistakes that was made in the previous incarnation of the Religious Right.