The President's March for Life address

Here is the text of the President's remarks, delivered by telephone, to the thousands gathered at the March for Life in Washington, D.C.  Here's a bit:

[W]e come from many backgrounds -- different backgrounds, but what unites us is our understanding that the essence of civilization is this: The strong have a duty to protect the weak. . . .

I appreciate so very much your work toward building a culture of life-- . . . a culture that will protect the most innocent among us and the voiceless. We are working to promote a culture of life, to promote compassion for women and their unborn babies.. . . We know -- we know that in a culture that does not protect the most dependent, the handicapped, the elderly, the unloved, or simply inconvenient become increasingly vulnerable.