Ordinary human laws are the means - however imperfect - by which we express our understanding of the enduring moral law.

Locke contended that government originates out of the necessity for protecting property.

Not by force of arms are civilizations held together, but by subtle threads of moral and intellectual principle.

The resources of nature, like those of spirit, are running out, and all that a conscientious man can aspire to be is a literal conservative, hoarding what remains of culture and of natural wealth against the fierce appetites of modern life.

Politics moves upward into ethics, and ethics ascends to theology.

The Secular City, having legislated and litigated itself out of any entanglement with the City of God, would be a hell upon earth .

Life is for action, and if we desire to know anything, we must make up our minds to be ignorant about much.