I think forgiveness plays a very important part in Western society and it comes from the Judeo Christian heritage.

The West has given the world the symphony, and the novel.

The implausible, well-nigh-miraculous functioning anarchy that we know as New York is adorned with every excellence of Western art. It is a city of manifold suggestions, which ministers to every ambition, engenders a thousand talents, nurtures ingenuity and experimentation.

The idea that the West was economically successful because of slavery, it's just nonsense.

Abolitionism did not find positive response in Africa as it did in Western societies and cultures.

I have always felt that many Christians, deeply sincere Christians, support the idea of separation of State and Church and the secularist in that sense as well. They believe that religion should be very much a private affair and should not be given special treatment. The State should not fund churches for example.

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness: this triptych succinctly defines the attractiveness and superiority of Western civilization.