John Piper Quotes

I have said often, and I am sure of it, that the greatest destroyer of peace in the world today is abortion. If a mother can kill her own child, what is there to stop you and me from killing each other? The only one who has the right to take life is the The One who has created it.

Let's not pretend that abortion isn't about the mass slaughter of innocents.

Abortion is the ultimate violence.

Abortion is an attack on the family and the humanity that unites us all.

The message that President Obama delivered in his speech at Notre Dame was: morality is immoral. Pro-life is the extremist position, not a moral position. Yet we should compromise and work to reduce abortions. Where's the compromise between life and death - and why work to reduce the number of them occurring if there's nothing wrong with them?

In this generation, the issue pressing that question on our consciences is the issue of abortion.

I think abortion is murder.

The violence of killing in the name of pro-life makes a mockery of the pro-life cause.

When I came to faith, I was on pro-choice boards, and I dropped off of those because you couldn't read the Bible and be pro-choice.

I think life is sacred, whether it's abortion or the death penalty.

To kill, in war or in any circumstance, creates a silence. It is right that silence should surround the taking of life. After all, the life taken is not ours to take.

I'm against abortion.

Abortion isn't a lesser evil, it's a crime. Taking one life to save another, that's what the Mafia does. It's a crime. It's an absolute evil.

[Explaining his anti-abortion stance:] When you're functioning out of conviction, you can't think of politics.

The difference between killing unborn children and killing your neighbor may only be a distinction in time.

We acknowledge the diversity of deeply held convictions within our fellowship even as we seek to interpret the Scriptures under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Many American Baptists believe that, biblically, human life begins at conception, that abortion is immoral and a destruction of a human being created in God's image … Many others believe that while abortion is a regrettable reality, it can be a morally acceptable action and they choose to act on the biblical principles of compassion and justice … and freedom of will. … Many gradations of opinion between these basic positions have been expressed within our fellowship.

I would say, people use labels all the time, but I'm kind of a traditional Catholic: Personally, I'm opposed to abortion, and personally, I'm opposed to the death penalty.

The real debate is, when does life begin? When life begins, it deserves protection.

Abortion is wrong. I think everyone knows that, which is why abortion activists are so angry all the time. It's a bit like when you catch someone out in a lie, and they get really mad at you really quickly, and you can't work out why until later. It's guilt.

I'm proud to be pro-life.

I am pro-life and always have been.

Abortion is clearly wrong.

Thou shalt not kill; but needst not strive officiously to keep alive.

It is not 'progressive' to try to resolve problems by eliminating a human life.

The greatest destroyer of peace is abortion.