Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference today. Here are the nine things Huckabee knows:

1. I know “our country was built on the idea that all are created equal.”

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2. I know “we all have value. And none of us are disposable. None of us are expendable. And each life should be treated with dignity and respect.”

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3. “I know that mothers and fathers raise better children then governments ever will.”

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4. “I know that the IRS is a criminal enterprise.”

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Marc Norman / Newscom

5. “I also know that freedom is better then tyranny. But I also believe that a government that spies on its people and lies to its people is taking us on a trajectory towards tyranny [that] must be stopped.”

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Photo credit: Eric Engman/ZUMA Press/Newscom

6. “I know that the First Amendment guarantees the right of free speech.”

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7. “I know that peace is not the result of a military that is dismantled.”

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Photo: Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images

8. I know “we have to engage and we have to do it now.”

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Larry Mccormack/ZUMA Press/Newscom

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