Whatever their defects, Christian fundamentalists have lived peacefully among us in America for several hundred years.

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.

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.

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.

Humility is not a virtue in a writer, it is an absolute necessity.

Belief is the driver that gives energy and power to achieve your potential.

I'm Danny Worsnop and I slay poon.

I consider it one of the greatest accomplishments of my life that I have learned to sing.

But I was very, very lucky, and it was a wake up call as far as motorbikes are concerned. I never flirted with death on the bike, but now I'm totally convinced they're death machines.

Leaders never have to ask the people to, 'Come follow me.' The people believe just by watching his lead.

People have to start talking to know more about other cultures and to understand each other.

A senseless tragedy remains forever tragic, but it is up to us whether it remains forever senseless.

If you think about it long enough, you'll see that it's obvious.

There are rough players and there are dirty players. I'm rough and dirty.