In Europe, it appears that in the name of democracy, elites are pursuing an autocratic, centralized power, seeking economic control and social regimentation.

The tragedy of the civil rights movement is that just as it achieved the beginning of the end of racial segregation, white educated elites became swept up in the glamour of the sexual revolution.

Mothers are the people who love us for no good reason, and those of us who are mothers know it's the most exquisite love of all.

Of all the hard jobs around, one of the hardest is being a good teacher.

Democratic forms of government are vulnerable to mass prejudice, the so-called tyranny of the majority.

Oregon is the only state in the union that facilitates suicide.

For faithful Catholics, communion is not just a nice ritual: It is the body and blood of Jesus Christ, and the ultimate sign of our willingness to be incorporated into the church.

To imply that religious believers have no right to engage moral questions in the public square or at the ballot is simply to establish a Reichian secularism as our state faith.

Getting married is the boldest and most idealistic thing that most of us will ever do.

When a marriage culture fails, sexual desire no longer unites; instead it fragments.

Charter schools have a far higher proportion of teachers who are not certified.

Prayer is the mortar that holds our house together.

In selecting any goal you should focus on the reason – without a compelling reason your resolve will weaken.

The more we explore, understand, and even come to appreciate our own self-destructive mental attitudes, the more control we gain over our minds.

I like 'The Three Musketeers.' I like those kind of cool things where they were having a robe and a sword.

Things are changing. I've been training since I was 9 years old to stretch my wings as an actor dramatically, but have never really been afforded the opportunity to show that.

At the end of the day, we have to write music that makes us happy and the day that we stop loving what we do…we’ll quit.

For the infinite glorious Creator of all things, to become a creature, is a mystery exceeding all human understanding.

I think there is a commitment on the part of the White House to racial justice in this country, and no ambiguity.

It's not realistic to live in the country at this stage. I've got a business in London. I beat myself up about it all the time.

There are no rewards or punishments - only consequences.