Cruelties

The more cruel you are, the more necessary it is to come up with justifications for your cruelties. Justifications, piled on, establish the basis for further cruelties. – E.O.

Rights

“However modest a goal, ‘decent’ housing does not produce itself, any more than palatial housing does. Be it ever so humble, someone has to build a home, which requires work, skills, material resources, and financial risks for those whose investments underwrite the...

God’s Love

“The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.” – C.S. Lewis

Government Work

“Quite a bit of government effort is required to create a system in which government leaves people alone.” – P.J.O’Rourke

Civil Right of Having Parents

“Children who grow up in two-parent homes, or with their married biological parents, do better on a whole host of outcome indicators. They certainly tend to grow up in more economically stable environments, tend to go to college more, go to prison less. And on the...

Progressives

“If you have taken a wrong turning, then to go forward does not get you any nearer. If you are on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; and in that case the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive man.”...