enshrined on libertyville itself are words from leviticus, "pr oclaim liberty unto all of the land and the inhabitants thereof." it is amazing to think over our lifetimes, the support for liberty, the defense of liberty, of free market economics, of unalienable rights, it principally has fallen to our party and our movement. today democrats advocate an economic system that has impoverished millions around the bed the liberties of generations. that system is socialism. earlier this week, we heard leading democratic candidates for president defend socialism. i think all of you know it was freedom, not socialism that gave us the strongest and most prosperous nation in the history of the world. [applause] vice pres. pence: it was freedom, not socialism, that ended slavery, won two world wars and stands today as a beacon of hope for the rest of the world. [applause] thispres. pence: so as debate begins in the next 18 months, we must resolve to say, as the president said in his state of union address, america will never be a socialist country. [applause] vice pres. pence: men and women, the