A biography for Jerry Falwellhasn’t been written yet.
“We must, from the highest office in the land right down to the shoeshine boy in the airport, have a return to biblical basics.”
“A lot of Ivy League schools have presidents who are very politically active. And I don't think it has an impact on whether a student chooses a school or a donor gives to a school.”
“If I were doing something that the Bible condemns, I have two choices. I can straighten up my act, or I can somehow distort and twist and change the meaning of the Bible.”
“But I don't believe anyone begins a homosexual.”
“Dad truly believed that Christians should be involved in the political process and should make their voices heard.”
“In my opinion, Donald Trump lives a life of loving and helping others as Jesus taught in the great commandment. He cannot be bought; he's not a puppet on a string like many other candidates... who have wealthy donors as their puppet masters.”
“In politics, sometimes the best measure of success is the reaction of your enemies.”
“I believe that the people of Israel are the chosen people of God.”
“There really is a hunger and a demand for something different in higher education.”
“I wake up a little before six, and I go right to my study. That's where I do my daily reading of the Oswald Chambers book, 'My Utmost for His Highest.'”
“When you have a godly husband, a godly wife, children who respect their parents and who are loved by their parents, who provide for those children their physical and spiritual and material needs, lovingly, you have the ideal unit.”
“My father was an agnostic.”
“If we all did as Jesus did when he helped the poor, we wouldn't need the government.”
“A university is supposed to be a place where all ideas are discussed.”
“I don't think religious groups should be allowed to apply for federal funds to start new ministries they have not been doing before the funding was available.”
“I'm glad now, at age 66, that I never used alcohol or tobacco... I've buried a lot of friends who used tobacco or alcohol.”
“Evangelicals and conservatives are voting as Americans and are voting to save our nation to control immigration, to stop terrorism, to bring jobs back to the country.”
“Preachers are not called to be politicians but soul winners.”
“AIDS is not just God's punishment for homosexuals; it is God's punishment for the society that tolerates homosexuals.”
“I believe we have a responsibility, even if our job is to lead a nonprofit organization, as private citizens to be good citizens and to make our voices heard.”