That Solidarity was a religious movement no one, least of all the Soviets, can deny. In November 1981, Pravda denounced 'religious fanaticism' as a grave challenge to socialism; failure to contain it, Pravda said, was at the root of the problems in Poland.

Over the years since I became a Christian, I have always deliberately explained that I have 'accepted Jesus Christ.' These words are invariably translated into 'Colson's professed religious experience.' I discovered that one major U.S. daily, as a matter of policy, will not print the two words Jesus Christ together; when combined, the editor says, it represents an editorial judgment.

I'd walk over my own grandmother to re-elect Richard Nixon.

In our day, you can mock religion in public and even get funds for doing it. But you can't show respect for religion in public - or you risk being hauled into court.

Our society's obsession with tolerance leads to intolerance. Simply being a Christian today is an offense to our culture.

The first 20 stories written about a public figure set the tone for the next 2,000 and it is almost impossible to reverse it.

What we do flows from who we are.