All of life is the exercise of risk.

The war against Iraq is as disastrous as it is unnecessary; perhaps in terms of its wisdom, purpose and motives, the worst war in American history... Our military men and women...were not called to defend America but rather to attack Iraq. They were not called to die for, but rather to kill for, their country. What more unpatriotic thing could we have asked of our sons and daughters...?

It's so much easier to beat your breast than to stick your neck out.

The world is too dangerous for anything but truth and too small for anything but love.

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

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

Human unity is not something we are called on to create — only something we are called on to recognize.