Jerry Falwell Jr. Quotes
Jesus said, 'Judge not, lest ye be judged.' Let's stop trying to choose the political leaders who we believe are the most godly because, in reality, only God knows people's hearts. You and I don't, and we are all sinners.
Falwell, Jerry, Jr. "Why I am Proud to Support Donald Trump." The Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2016.
Bush made religion a driver of his Presidency and policies in a way far in excess of other American Presidents. See {633550}. There has always been some debate as to whether he actually believed that or he was just saying it to pander to the religious conservatives who formed an important component of his base.
This remarkable advice to his followers was all the more remarkable in that the Methodists were gaining adherents by appealing to the rectitude of people and opposing the corruption of much religion that had become commonplace. With this kind of original leadership Methodists have been among the most tolerant of Christian groups.
This quotation is important for two reasons. First, it shows how important the clergy of the nation were in calling for the passage of the bill. Second, it illustrates the total blind spot that Southern leaders had on the Segregation issue. It never occurred to Russell and many other Southerners that discrimination and denial of civil rights WAS a moral issue. They saw it purely as political.
He was referring to the fact that President Elect, Donald Trump, who argued against the findings of the CIA and the FBIK who in separate analyses had stated that Russia had hacked into the computers of the DemocraticNatonal Committee and released the private e-mails in the midst of the 2016 Presidential election. Trump, who had a track record of rejecting scientific and professional studies and research in favor of his own perception and intuation, was one of teh few leading politicans, computer security experts, and business leaders who opposed a Congressional investigation of the details.
Jerry Lamon Falwell Jr. is an American attorney, former academic administrator, and prominent member of the Evangelical Christian community. Starting with his 2007 appointment upon his father's death, Falwell served as the president of Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia until resigning amidst controversy in August 2020.
