Collectivism

“The ‘warmth of collectivism,’ when voluntary, is something akin to a religious order. When involuntary, it is closer in kind to a penitentiary.” – Fr. John A. Valencheck

Socialism

Socialism is built on a powerful Christian tradition of mutual support: He who gathered much had nothing left over, and he who gathered little had no lack. But in practice it has always greatly underestimated the power and pervasiveness of sin. Socialism’s heavy...

Context

“Language cannot be understood out of context, and literalism even when accompanied by the most sophisticated dictionary in the world, strips language of its context. Fluent speakers of language are not literalists, and neither are good judges.” – Amy Coney...

Sin

Sin is not just about willfulness; that is, a conscious stepping over God’s boundaries. Sin is also about blindness; that is, not seeing what needs to be seen to live as God has called me to live. The sinner is both willfully blind and blindly willful.” – Paul...

Qualified Governors

“I would rather be governed by the first 2000 people in the telephone directory than by the Harvard University faculty.” – William F. Buckley