Quotes from Cal Thomas

Sometimes people need a kick in the pants to get them to do what they would be doing if government weren't there as a perpetual parent.

Government has a legitimate function, but the private sector has one too, and it is superior. In other words, people are better than institutions.

People who relieve others of their money with guns are called robbers. It does not alter the immorality of the act when the income transfer is carried out by government.

Our politics suffers from a shortage of people who put character and country before career and personal gain.

No power on earth is greater than a mind and soul reawakened. Our Constitution begins we the people, not us the government.

The kingdom of God is not going to arrive on Air Force One.

I think the philosophy in our public schools, and many other institutions today, is that a dose of God is more hazardous to your health than a dose of herpes or drugs.

Freedom is a lonely battle, but if the United States doesn't lead it - sometimes imperfectly, but mostly with honor - who will?

Government aid impedes success and creates dependence, while entrepreneurs create success and independence.

In a free society, government reflects the soul of its people. If people want change at the top, they will have to live in different ways. Our major social problems are not the cause of our decadence. They are a reflection of it.

Islam is a religion in which God requires you to send your son to die for him. Christianity is a faith in which God sends His son to die for you.

If life is not a continuum, from conception to natural death, then all of us are potential victims if we fall out of favor with a ruling elite.

If we want to produce people who share the values of a democratic culture, they must be taught those values and not be left to acquire them by chance.

But prosperity without a soul is like a corpse whose heart has stopped beating. There is no life, only consumption.

When President Clinton starts talking about what is moral, as he did when recommending a national law banning human cloning, it's time for us to lock up our daughters.

It's time to resist efforts of the American Civil Liberties Union who have conducted a religious lobotomy on this country, seeking to strip it of any vestige of religious influence.

America's most dangerous diseases have developed an immunity to politics. We suffer not from a failure of political organization or power, but a failure of love.

One of the reasons people hate politics is that truth is rarely a politician's objective. Election and power are.

The difference between the more traditional sports clubs and Congress is that Congress doesn't really compete against another team.

One mark of a deteriorating society is when people cannot discern between truth and lies. Another is that they don't care and will believe whatever their itching ears want to hear.

As pressure grows to ease the financial burden on social security, pressure will also grow to eliminate the elderly and infirm to 'free up' more money for the 'fit' and those who contribute more than they take from society.

People who relieve others of their money with guns are called robbers. It does not alter the immorality of the act when the income transfer is carried out by government.

America's most dangerous diseases have developed an immunity to politics. We suffer not from a failure of political organization or power, but a failure of love.

The difference between the more traditional sports clubs and Congress is that Congress doesn't really compete against another team.