mr. head. [ applause ] >> thank you very much. thank you to -- certainly to the foundation for hosting this event and also you got to enjoy comments that fold in, a will ferrell and a tupac reference in their comments. thank you for that, nick. so let me just say that budgets are important, systems are important, policies are important, but the reason why this conversation really at the core of it, why it is important is because good policy good systems, good budgets are really they serve people. and so really human dignity is elemental. the core of freedom. as freedom flows, through personal choices, conflict is inevitable. so the question becomes, can a nation create a system that can resolve those conflicts as ronald reagan once put it to result in the ultimate and individual freedom consistent with law and order. there is no doubt safety and security are the ultimate end of our criminal justice system. but at the faith and freedom coalition, we believe that every government enterprise must begin and end by acknowledging and preserving the dignity of every single person involved, created in the image we believe -- of our creator. so as national attention d