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Scott Bradford has been putting his opinions on his website since 1995—before most people knew what a website was. He has been a professional web developer in the public- and private-sector for over twenty years. He is an independent constitutional conservative who believes in human rights and limited government, and a Catholic Christian whose beliefs are summarized in the Nicene Creed. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Public Administration from George Mason University. He loves Pink Floyd and can play the bass guitar . . . sort-of. He’s a husband, pet lover, amateur radio operator, and classic AMC/Jeep enthusiast.

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No type of cruelty can tear down the religion established by the mystery of Christ’s cross. The Church is not diminished by persecutions, but rather increased.

If ever the free institutions of America are destroyed, that event may be attributed to the unlimited authority of the majority, which may at some future time urge the minorities to desperation, and oblige them to have recourse to physical force.

I prefer the wrath of the world to the wrath of God; they can do no more than take my life.

I agree with you that in politics the middle way is none at all.

Making saints out of sinners was even greater than making something out of nothing. For nothingness put up no resistance to him, as we did. How much resistance? Look at a crucifix to see what he had to do to conquer that resistance.

Genuine authority constrains the arbitrary exercise of power. This constraint manifests itself when the authoritative agent cares, and takes responsibility, for those over whom the exertion of power is possible.

Those who are most prone to idealize the objectivity of scientists are people who know almost nothing about science, people for whom it has become a kind of religion, their hope of salvation.

The Bible teaches truth, not opinion. This is an important element of God’s word in a world where almost any ridiculous idea is respected, almost all opinions are given equal value, and objective, immutable truth is generally denied.

Don’t be yourself, be someone a little nicer.

When you’ve exhausted all possibilities, remember this: You haven’t!

I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn’t lose any voters.

Insanity is always a reasonable diagnosis when you’re dealing with writers and artists. Sometimes the only real difference between crazy people and artists is that artists write down what they imagine seeing.

How wrong it is to use God as a stop-gap for the incompleteness of our knowledge. . . . We are to find God in what we know, not in what we don’t know.

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated. . . .

I believe that I’ve made good judgments in the past, and I think I’ve made good judgments in the future.

No matter how formidably communism bristles with tanks and rockets, no matter what successes it attains in seizing the planet, it is doomed never to vanquish Christianity.

Let me say this once more: God never tires of forgiving us; we are the ones who tire of seeking his mercy.

But the mere fact that social order reigns to some degree does not mean that a given society has come to explicitly understand its own behavior, its own moral code.

An unconditional right to say what one pleases about public affairs is what I consider to be the minimum guarantee of the First Amendment.

Careless words involve risk of heresy.

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