Freedom Means The Opportunity To

In The Small Town Each Citizen Had Done Something In His Own Way To Build The Community. The Town Booster Had A Vision Of The Future Which He Tried To Fulfill. The Suburb Dweller By Contrast Started With The Future

Jefferson Refused To Pin His Hopes On The Occasional Success Of Honest And Unambitious Men; On The Contrary, The Great Danger Was That Philosophers Would Be Lulled Into Complacence By The Accidental Rise Of A Franklin Or A Washington. Any Government Which Made The Welfare Of Men Depend On The Character Of Their Governors Was An Illusion.

The Christian Test Was A Willingness To Believe In The One Jesus Christ And His Message Of Salvation. What Was Demanded Was Not Criticism But Credulity. The Church Fathers Observed That In The Realm Of Thought Only Heresy Had A History.

Some Are Born Great, Some Achieve Greatness, And Some Hire Public Relations Officers.

I Have Observed That The World Has Suffered Far Less From Ignorance Than From Pretensions To Knowledge. It Is Not Skeptics Or Explorers But Fanatics And Ideologues Who Menace Decency And Progress. No Agnostic Ever Burned Anyone At The Stake Or Tortured A Pagan, A Heretic, Or An Unbeliever.