The problem is that relativism provides no sure foundation for a safe and orderly society.

People who cannot restrain their own baser instincts, who cannot treat one another with civility, are not capable of self-government... without virtue, a society can be ruled only by fear, a truth that tyrants understand all too well

Today's widespread relegation of religion to merely something people do only in the privacy of their homes or churches would have been unimaginable to the founders of the republic - even those who personally repudiated orthodox Christian faith.

The true mark of a Christian leader is trying to build up other people. Raise up other leaders!

We humans, you see, have an infinite capacity for self-rationalization.

We Americans think we enjoy self-government. We have all the trappings of self-government, like elections. But in reality, we have gradually lost many of our rights to govern ourselves. We have the form of self-government, but only some of the substance. We are, in a sense, a nation run by a handful of judges who often enforce, not the law, but their personal opinions.

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.