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" No American conservative has ever argued that the government should never be involved in peoples' lives. That is anarchy, and we don't argue for that. "

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" It is essential that Christians understand this: Every Jew - secular, religious, assimilated, left-wing, right-wing - fears being killed because he is Jewish. This is the best-kept secret about Jews, who are widely perceived as inordinately secure and powerful. But it is the only universally held sentiment among Jews. "

" The only difference between your local college and a Christian seminary is that the latter is more honest. "

" Unhappy, let alone angry, religious people provide more persuasive arguments for atheism and secularism than do all the arguments of atheists. "

" The last thing Jews need is to create tension with their best friends. And the last thing Christians need is a renewal of Christian hatred toward Jesus' people. "

" Liberals tend to put the onus of your success on society and conservatives on you and your family. "

" Even non-democratic allies no longer trust America. Barack Obama has alienated our most important and longest standing Arab allies, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Both the anti-Muslim Brotherhood and the anti-Iran Arab states have lost respect for him. "

" I have never written that there is a threat of fascism in America. I always considered the idea overwrought. But now I believe there really is such a threat - and it will come draped not in an American flag, but in the name of tolerance and health. "

" If there is no God, the labels 'good' and 'evil' are merely opinions. They are substitutes for 'I like it' and 'I don't like it.' They are not objective realities. "

" Complaining not only ruins everybody else's day, it ruins the complainer's day, too. The more we complain, the more unhappy we get. "

" The problem for the Left, however, is that the moment it stops painting the Right as vile, it has to argue the issues. "

" Given the amount of unjust suffering and unhappiness in the world, I am deeply grateful for, sometimes even perplexed by, how much misery I have been spared. "

" In various European countries, it is increasingly common for young men to live with their parents into their 30s and even longer. Why not? In the welfare state, there is no shame in doing so. "

" Since the 1970s, I have asked students if they would first try to save their drowning dog or a drowning stranger. And for 40 years I have received the same results: One third vote for their dog, one third for the stranger, and one third don't know what they would do. "

" It is easier to take a position in the abstract than when it hits home. "

" Every age has found some alternative to American values appealing. The number of Western intellectuals enamored of fascism and all the various expressions of Marxism was legion. "

" The Left has always been anti-religious, and especially anti-Christian. "

" For conservatives, the issue is that for generations now, they have failed to make the case for their values. They haven't even conveyed conservative values to many of their children. And when they have, the university has often succeeded in undoing them. "

" One of the great mind destroyers of college education is the belief that if it's very complex, it's very profound. "

" People confuse goodness with weakness. It is weak people, not good people (goodness demands strength), who are taken advantage of. "

" The biggest obstacle to people becoming better is that you have to really want to be a good person in order to be a better person, and most people would rather be other things. "

" Leftists' meanness toward those with whom they differ has no echo on the normative right. "

" The Left has always sought single, non-values-based explanations for human behavior. "

" American troops around the globe are the greatest preservers of liberty and peace in the world. "

" Corruption is Africa's greatest problem. Not poverty. Not lack of riches. Not racism. "

" I am convinced that great ideas that are powerfully presented can change a mind in five minutes. "

" There have been huge Muslim demonstrations against cartoons depicting Muhammad and any other perceived insult against Islam. But I am unaware of a single demonstration of Muslims against Muslim terror directed at non-Muslims. "

" Goodness is about character - integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people. "

" I have known Tavis Smiley since the 1980s, when we both worked at the same radio station in Los Angeles. He is smart, and he is a gentleman who has accorded me great respect both on and off the air. "

" To deny that human beings are filled with anti-social passions betrays a denial of reality and a lack of self-awareness. One has to be taught nonsense for a great many formative years to believe it. "

" When watching 'The Passion,' Jews and Christians are watching two entirely different films. For two hours, Christians watch their Savior tortured and killed. For the same two hours, Jews watch Jews arrange the killing and torture of the Christians' Savior. "