To imply that religious believers have no right to engage moral questions in the public square or at the ballot is simply to establish a Reichian secularism as our state faith.

The tragedy of the civil rights movement is that just as it achieved the beginning of the end of racial segregation, white educated elites became swept up in the glamour of the sexual revolution.

In Europe, it appears that in the name of democracy, elites are pursuing an autocratic, centralized power, seeking economic control and social regimentation.

Mothers are the people who love us for no good reason, and those of us who are mothers know it's the most exquisite love of all.

Of all the hard jobs around, one of the hardest is being a good teacher.

Democratic forms of government are vulnerable to mass prejudice, the so-called tyranny of the majority.

Oregon is the only state in the union that facilitates suicide.

For faithful Catholics, communion is not just a nice ritual: It is the body and blood of Jesus Christ, and the ultimate sign of our willingness to be incorporated into the church.

Getting married is the boldest and most idealistic thing that most of us will ever do.

When a marriage culture fails, sexual desire no longer unites; instead it fragments.

Charter schools have a far higher proportion of teachers who are not certified.

I'd decided to establish a new rule for myself: read for half an hour an evening, no matter what.

absencelooks like a lake bed flooded with skysounds like cotton howlingtastes like tear-stained pillowssmells like churning bile and burnt hairfeels like screaming agony, my heart dying and dying

More evil gets done in the name of righteousness than any other way.

I've had a few arguments with people, but I never carry a grudge. You know why? While you're carrying a grudge, they're out dancing.

People want to know who is coming into their country and they want to control their own trade and various other things.

We need a President that all Americans can respect, not a celebrity who uses words like freedom and liberty like they are a punchline in a reality show.

Unhappy is the man, though he rule the world, who doesn't consider himself supremely blessed.

I didn't know that other people thought things about me. I didn't know that they looked.

Penalties put too much strain on one player. It could ruin his career if he's not a strong character.

I've always been a misfit.