There are three kinds of patriots, two bad, one good. The bad ones are the uncritical lovers and the loveless critics. Good patriots carry on a lover's quarrel with their country, a reflection of God's lover's quarrel with all the world.

Compassion and justice are companions, not choices.

To be avoided at all costs is the solace of opinion without the pain of thought.

We must be governed by the force of law, not by the law of force.

Faith handles the ultimate incongruities of life, humor handles the more immediate ones.

In our time all it takes for evil to flourish is for a few good men to be a little wrong and have a great deal of power, and for the vast majority of their fellow citizens to remain indifferent.

It is a mistake to look to the Bible to close a discussion; the Bible seeks to open one.