The bigger the State, the smaller the citizen

Unhappy, let alone angry, religious people provide more persuasive arguments for atheism and secularism than do all the arguments of atheists.

Those who believe in nothing are very, very jealous and angry at those who believe in something.

The idea that you earn things - that you earn respect, that you earn income, responsibility. the vote, punishment... these ideas are anathema to the liberal mind.

Goodness is about character - integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people.

The vote, punishment... these ideas are anathema to the liberal mind

If we continue to teach about tolerance and intolerance instead of good and evil, we will end up with tolerance of evil.

Nothing guarantees more the erosion of character than getting something for nothing

Whatever the Left touches-- the arts; the economy; health care; the soul; religion-- it destroys or damages

Those who do not confront evil resent those who do.

Hamas is a terrorist organization dedicated to annihilating the Jewish state. It runs a theocratic totalitarian state in Gaza, with no individual liberty, and no freedom of speech or press.

A long list of propositions does not necessarily make a coherent argument

Books are for reading, not for turning oneself into livestock.

If you really want people to pay attention to how you feel, you need to express your feelings in language that's worth reading.

Anyhow, even though I have this home theater, I love going out to the movies. Movies are meant to be experienced together.

Men have an important role to play in sending out the message that real men do not hurt or abuse their partners.

Any large-scale organization must lose some of the merits of its rudimentary beginnings. Quantity will have a coarsening effect on quality.

Knowing where I came from didn't change who I was.

I think if you feel like you were born to write, then you probably were.

There's a certain group of people who are always going to dislike me and disagree with whatever I say.

Grace is that thing that shows up to guide you when you've done the first two steps and you're intent on doing something larger than just yourself. That's when all of the sudden things are great.