Jerry Falwell Jr. Quotes
We're never going to have a perfect candidate unless Jesus Christ is on the ballot.
Falwell, Jerry, Jr. Interview by Sean Hannity. Hannity, Fox News, 12 Oct. 2016.
World War I veterans had been promised bonuses for their service, but Congress and the President would not deliver. The economy was terrible and thousands of veterans came to Washington, set up a camp in Anacostia, and asked for help and their bonuses. Hoover had given orders to General Douglas MacArthur to remove the protesters from government buildings, but MacArthur, establishing a pattern that he would follow throughout his career, exceeded he orders and chased the protesters all the way back to their tent camp and then destroyed the camp. The Great Depression was raging and the protesters had no other place to live, and Hoover opposed any direct federal aid to the poor and needy making the Depression even worse. The public reaction was shock and anger. Hoover, however, demonstrating political character and integrity, took the responsibility and did not blame MacArthur. It was the nail in Hoover’s political coffin. Roosevelt easily won the election.
When asked to run for President on the Anti-Mason ticket, the former Chief Magistrate wrote:
Describing Republican Senator Robert M. La Follette, 1924 Progressive party candidate for President:
When reporters asked him why Hubert Humphrey did not carry Illinois in the 1968 presidential election, His Honor replied:
The implication is that in a political race, it is only the horses ass that runs.
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.
