America is a nation that is founded on the principle of religious freedom. That is the reason this country exists.

If Thomas Jefferson thought taxation without representation was bad, he should see how it is with representation.

Poverty is not the root cause of crime.

Liberals attempt through judicial activism what they cannot win at the ballot box.

We're not sexists, we're chauvinists - we're male chauvinist pigs, and we're happy to be because we think that's what men were destined to be. We think that's what women want.

End results that work that don’t involve government threaten liberals.

You know why there's a Second Amendment? In case the government fails to follow the first one.

Styrofoam and plastic milk jugs are biodegradable! Do you know what isn't biodegradable? Paper!

I think cigars are just a tremendous addition to the enjoyment of life.

The NAACP should have riot rehearsal. They should get a liquor store and practice robberies.

In a country of children where the option is Santa Claus or work, what wins?

One who lives with Faith says IT WILL HAPPEN, while the one who lives without it asks WILL IT HAPPEN?

Real forgiveness in close relationships is never easy. It can’t be rushed or engineered.

This was the ghetto: where children grow down instead of up.

in life it is better to be a supporting pillar than a destroying caterpillar

As politics is disconnected from its ethical and material moorings, it becomes easier to punish and imprison young people than to educate them.

The Bible is one story that unfolds in one book, by one author, about one subject. A story that moves from promise to fulfillment.

Boredom is always counter-revolutionary. Always.

In the ladies' room, Alice studied her image in the mirror. The reflected older woman's face didn't quite match the picture that she had of herself in her mind's eye." p 35

Relax, Phyra. I’d be more concerned if he were in here with my son than with my daughter. The biggest threat he poses is he might want to borrow her shoes. (Stryker)

We need a more diversified portfolio of change-making tools so that we don't just get so freaked out by whatever's happening in the political corner.