Richard John Neuhaus Quotes

Faith is important to me. It's important to millions of Australians. It helps to shape who I am. It helps to shape my values. But it must never, never dictate my politics.

I'll be honest with you: politically, I have no issue with people, but my beef sometimes is with religion at the end of the day.

When I worked at the White House in the mid-1990s, I would not have dreamed of sharing my beliefs on faith with my colleagues.

The truth is, I am conservative, but socially, I'm very liberal.

My faith informs everything I think and do. It's part of my value system.

I'm conservative on some issues. I'm progressive on most.

What we think of Christ influences our thinking and controls our actions.

One of the big mysteries for many conservatives for many, many moons - including me - was the existence of liberal Jews who put liberalism before their Judaism.

I have just as many liberal ideas as I have conservative ideas that I argue with myself sometimes.

It is a good and gentle religion, but inconvenient.

I'm severely conservative.

Religion and science, then, in my analysis are the two great sister forces which have pulled, and are still pulling, mankind onward and upward.

It's almost impossible to make the case that Bush is a conservative. That may be good; that may be bad.

The most important thing in a person's life is his faith and how he translates his faith into practical deeds.

Religion! but for thee, prolific fiend, Who peoplest earth with demons, hell with men, And heaven with slaves!

It's important though to distinguish between religion and spirituality.

I have the most conservative position.

Though they were Liberals they were not democrats; nor yet infidels.

A religion can no more afford to degrade its Devil than to degrade its God.

I'm a Roman Catholic! A devout Roman Catholic.

The essential thing to know about God is that God is Good. All the rest is secondary.

He [God] just seems so man-made to me. There are so many theories, and not everyone can be right. It's human nature to need a religious crutch, and I don't begrudge anyone that. I just don't need one.

Republicans are so empty-headed, they wouldn't make a good landfill.

Nearly everyone I knew talked to me about God. They always warned me not to offend Him.

Catholic, which I was until I reached the age of reason