I have always considered Christianity as the strong ground of republicanism.

If we were to remove the Bible from public schools we would be wasting so much time punishing crimes and taking so little pains to prevent them.

Let the children...be carefully instructed in the principles and obligations of the Christian religion. This is the most essential part of education.

Freedom can exist only in the society of knowledge. Without learning, men are incapable of knowing their rights.

The Gates of Hell shall not prevail against it.

The Bible contains more knowledge necessary to man in his present state than any other book in the world.

Without Virtue there can be no liberty

I have alternately been called an Aristocrat and a Democrat. I am neither. I am a Christocrat.

Temperate, sincere, and intelligent inquiry and discussion are only to be dreaded by the advocates of error. The truth need not fear them.

The American war is over, but this is far from being the case with the American Revolution.

The only means of establishing and perpetuating our republican forms of government is the universal education of our youth in the principles of Christianity by means of the Bible.

You’ll never get a new ending if you keep starting with the same tired beginning.

The writer in western civilization has become not a voice of his tribe, but of his individuality. This is a very narrow-minded situation.

Every year I used to write a musical inspired by John Waters, and I would get all my friends together and put on this perverse, emotional, tragic musical.

How totally banal of you to ask what I really mean.

Language is the memory of man. Without it he has no past, a paltry present, and an empty future. With it he can bring his dreams to life.

I never get too high on my stardom or what I can do.

If I am to tell you how to grow old gracefully, I must tell you at the beginning of life; for no man can grow old gracefully unless he begins early.

You will be safe in His arms 'cause the hands that hold the world are holding your heart.

Love is a believing creature.

Initiating and going through a divorce with four kids can be a brutal experience, but also a tempering one. It gave me perspective and insight to be able to find the love of my life.