Christianity enhanced the notion of political and social accountability by providing a new model: that of servant leadership. In ancient Greece and Rome no one would have dreamed of considering political leaders anyone's servants. The job of the leader was to lead. But Christ invented the notion that the way to lead is by serving the needs of others, especially those who are the most needy.

I want to give Michael Moore a run for his money.

Blacks' problems lie not in the heads of white people but rather in the wasted and incompletely fulfilled lives of too many black people.

What was distinctively Western was not slavery but the moral crusade to end slavery.

Atheism, not religion, is the real force behind the mass murders of history.

A bigot is simply a sociologist without credentials.

Liberty is the essential precondition for achieving virtue... In order to exercise virtue, we need to have the ability to choose freely.