Unity in diversity is the highest possible attainment of a civilization, a testimony to the most noble possibilities of the human race. This attainment is made possible through passionate concern for choice, in an atmosphere of social trust.

The most critical threat to our freedom is a failure to appreciate the power of truth.

In most of history, societies have not been free. It's a very rare society that is free. The default condition of human societies is tyranny.

Christians must be Jews. The truth of what we believe depends on the truth of Judaism, depends on the first covenant.

We really feel happier when things look bleak. Hope is endurance. Hope is holding on and going on and trusting in the Lord.

Tradition lives because young people come along who catch its romance and add new glories to it.

Ending torture and tyranny in Iraq was not a mistake. Supporting democracy in Iraq is not a mistake. Helping the long-suffering Muslims of Iraq who now seek to live democratically is not a mistake. In the long, long history of the Middle East, this breakthrough may one day be ranked as a dramatic turning point in regional history.