On Threatened Liberties...
"Today the primary threat to the liberties of the American people comes not from communism, foreign tyrants or dictators. It comes from the tendency on our own shores to centralize power, to trust bureaucracies rather than people."
On Government Parenting...
"In the most impeccable nuclear families, parents have allowed themselves to be convinced that, just as the sun will rise in the east, their children will engage in risky or immoral behavior and that their job as parents is merely to minimize the inevitable consequences. We can ask government not to ride roughshod over the authority of parents, and we can even work to end programs that encourage people of all ages to misbehave. But for parents who are cowed by their own children, new government programs are not the answer to what is, at heart, a crisis of self-confidence."
On Perspectives of Christ...
"Today, when you think of a Christian, what do you picture? Do you see a humble, selfless person, compassionately dedicated to serving the less fortunate? Or do you see a right-wing zealot, someone dedicated to denying civil rights to gays, welfare payments to needy mothers and reproductive choices to women?"
On an Appropriate Response...
"If American people believe that, as Mr. Light puts it, Christianity is about providing 'civil rights to gays, welfare payments to needy mothers and reproductive choices to women,’ what is this world coming to? Since when has it been considered a Christian act to let mothers kill their children before they have even seen the light of day? And is it considered Christian to engage in sexual activity with those of the same sex?"