Ethics

“Tolkien knew that the alternative, the grasp for ultimate power, meant that the contest between good and evil would be transformed into a contest between evils. The raw quest for power will corrupt all it touches.” - David French

“In the short run, shamelessness works. Eventually, though, one must stand before God—naked and unable to fight one’s own conscience with bravado.” - CToday

“To understand what I mean, let’s refer back to one of my favorite passages in scripture—Micah 6:8…. simple to understand yet tough to execute: “He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God.”” (So why is our political culture so toxic?) - David French

“…profit for business is like breathing for humans—both are necessary for existence, but very few of us claim that respiration is the ultimate purpose in life.” - IFWE

“The movement spent 40 years at war with secular America. Now it’s at war with itself.” - The Atlantic

“Christian cultural influence only lasts when it’s backed up by the moral credibility of the church.” - C.Today

“Power is not a bad thing. It is not a neutral thing, either. It is, first, in the Christian view, a good thing, a God-created thing…. Without power, there will be no glorious eternal reign of the one to whom all power on heaven and on earth will be given. Power brings good to others.” - Mark Ward

“Pragmatism is the only philosophy native to America. Pragmatism eschews any hope of discovering ultimate truth. It … defines truth as ‘that which works.’” - Sproul

“One of the first steps is to emphasize power over morality. An easy way to do this is to characterize the situation as an emergency, requiring a dispensing of the ordinary norms of behavior.” - Russell Moore