Clergyman Quotes

There is a set of religious, or rather moral, writings which teach that virtue is the certain road to happiness, and vice to misery in this world. A very wholesome and comfortable doctrine, and to which we have but one objection, namely, that it is not true.

All earthly delights are sweeter in expectation than in enjoyment; but all spiritual pleasures more in fruition than in expectation.

Had we not faults of our own, we should take less pleasure in complaining of others.

Do not make best friends with a melancholy sad soul. They always are heavily loaded, and you must bear half.

All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers.

I grew up in the segregated South, right here in Lynchburg, Virginia.

I don't think religious groups should be allowed to apply for federal funds to start new ministries they have not been doing before the funding was available.

I don't think I know a Scientologist except when I see one or two of their actors on the Hollywood screen.

I believe with all my heart that the Bible is the infallible word of God.

I believe that the people of Israel are the chosen people of God.

I believe that global warming is a myth. And so, therefore, I have no conscience problems at all and I'm going to buy a Suburban next time.

I believe that all of us are born heterosexual, physically created with a plumbing that's heterosexual, and created with the instincts and desires that are basically, fundamentally, heterosexual.

I am such a strong admirer and supporter of George W. Bush that if he suggested eliminating the income tax or doubling it, I would vote yes on first blush.

I am a Christian.

God himself preserved the Bible, and brought it down through the ages.

God continues to lift the curtain and allow the enemies of America to give us probably what we deserve.

Any sex outside of the marriage bond between a man and a woman is violating God's law.

The whole global warming thing is created to destroy America's free enterprise system and our economic stability.

The idea that religion and politics don't mix was invented by the Devil to keep Christians from running their own country.

My father was an agnostic.

And, these Islamic fundamentalists, these radical terrorists, these Middle Eastern monsters are committed to destroying the Jewish nation, driving her into the Mediterranean, conquering the world.

Textbooks are Soviet propaganda.

I think hell's a real place where real people spend a real eternity.

God created the family to provide the maximum love and support and morality and example that one can imagine.

But I don't believe anyone begins a homosexual.

AIDS is not just God's punishment for homosexuals; it is God's punishment for the society that tolerates homosexuals.

I do not believe we can blame genetics for adultery, homosexuality, dishonesty and other character flaws.

We will see a breakdown of the family and family values if we decide to approve same-sex marriage, and if we decide to establish homosexuality as an acceptable alternative lifestyle with all the benefits that go with equating it with the heterosexual lifestyle.

Christians, like slaves and soldiers, ask no questions.

When you have a godly husband, a godly wife, children who respect their parents and who are loved by their parents, who provide for those children their physical and spiritual and material needs, lovingly, you have the ideal unit.