In 100 years we have gone from teaching Latin and Greek in High School to teaching remedial English in college.

Government is the agent of those who are too refined to do their own mugging.

De-Christianizing America has been high on the progressive agenda, and, thanks to the government (especially the federal courts), it has been a great success. Nor can we overlook the contribution of the entertainment industry, which now determines what passes for 'culture.' The main practical vehicle of de-Christianization has been the Sexual Revolution. A few radicals have called for the abolition of the family, but most liberals have been more discreet, avoiding hostile rhetoric while quietly but constantly pursuing policies that result in lower birthrates and fatherless children.

We would be much worse without Christianity; but we wouldn't know it.

It can be exalting to belong to a church that is five hundred years behind the times and sublimely indifferent to fashion; it is mortifying to belong to a church that is five minutes behind the times, huffing and puffing to catch up.

Even if we are all doomed to live under the state, it doesn't follow that there is, or even can be, such a thing as a good state.

If we need women in our defense forces, we must not need much defense.