“We must believe the things We teach our children”

The object of love is to serve, not to win.

No man can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach.

America is not anything if it consists of each of us. It is something only if it consists of all of us.

Uncompromising thought is the luxury of the closeted recluse. Untrammeled reasoning is the indulgence of the philosopher, of the dreamer of sweet dreams.

The way to stop financial joyriding is to arrest the chauffeur, not the automobile.

Responsibility is proportionate to opportunity.

If the colored people made a mistake in voting for me, they ought to correct it.

Absolute identity with one’s cause is the first and great condition of successful leadership.

That a peasant may become king does not render the kingdom democratic.

Only peace between equals can last.

To be free is not necessarily to be wise. Wisdom comes with counsel, with the frank and free conference of untrammeled men united in the common interest.

The sum of the whole matter is this – our civilization cannot survive materially unless it be redeemed spiritually.

The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people.

The masters of the government of the United States are the combined capitalists and manufacturers of the United States.

If you want to make enemies, try to change something.

Never murder a man when he’s busy committing suicide.

True Christianity is not merely believing a certain set of dry abstract propositions: it is to live in daily personal communication with an actual living person – Jesus Christ.

And I believe it to be a signal evidence of the Spirit’s presence when the Word is really precious to a man ‘s soul.

I believe that preventing radicalisation is far more efficient than de-radicalisation, meaning stopping someone joining is a lot easier than trying to pull someone out once they’ve joined.

You know, I’ve never believed, in anything, that you had to have role models who looked like you to do something. If I’d been waiting for a black, female, soviet specialist role model, I’d be still waiting.

What is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined the country. What is a republican? One who believes that the democrats would ruin the country.

Be believing, be happy, don’t get discouraged. Things will work out.

Faith is to the soul what life is to the body. Prayer is to faith what breath is to the body. How a person can live and not breathe is past my comprehension, and how a person can believe and not pray is past my comprehension too.

You can’t get through seminary and come out believing in God!