Uncompromising Positions Quotes

The Democrats have responded to the Republicans' lack of dealing with reality by truly not dealing with reality, either.

The Republican Party has become overwhelmingly so extreme that it's hardly a traditional political party anymore.

Disagreements between incompatible beliefs cannot be settled by reasoned argument because reasoned argument is drummed out of those trained in religion from the cradle.

Each pursues his own theory, little solicitous to correct or improve it by an attention to what is advanced by his opponents.

Our age knows nothing but reaction, and leaps from one extreme to another.

The problem is not that Christians are conservative or liberal, but that some are so confident that their position is God's position that they become dismissive and intolerant toward others and divisive forces in our national life.

It seems to me we have been in a rhetorical arms race in this country, with each side unwilling to lay down its weapons for fear - usually justified - the other side would beat them to a pulp.

I would like to caution you about the use of the word “balance.” …. It a red-hot word that is divisive.