"I'm Godless. And so I've had to make my God, and my God is narrative filmmaking, which is -- ultimately what my God becomes, which is what my mantra becomes, is the theme."

"My faith teaches that life is sacred. That's why I personally oppose the death penalty. But I take my oath of office seriously, and I'll enforce the death penalty... Because it's the law."

"The idea that the State is capable of solving social problems is now viewed with great skepticism - which foretells a coming change.As soon as skepticism is applied to the State, the State falls, since it fails at everything except increasing its power, and so can only survive on propaganda, which relies on unquestioning faith."

"If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it."

"Faith is the sturdiest the most manly of the virtues. It lies behind our pluckiest... Strivings. It is the virtue of the storm just as happiness is the virtue of the sunshine."

"When we pray for the Spirit's help ... We will simply fall down at the Lord's feet in our weakness. There we will find the victory and power that comes from His love."