Quotes about Culture

The foundation of culture, as of character, is at last the moral sentiment.

These days its not just that the line between right and wrong has been made unclear, today Christians are being asked by our culture today to erase the lines and move the fences, and if that were not bad enough, we are being asked to join in the celebration cry by those who have thrown off the restraints religion had imposed upon them. It is not just that they ask we accept, but they now demand of us to celebrate it too.

Changes in language often reflect the changing values of a culture.

This society in which we live is radically changing. What previous generations saw as evil is now embraced as being good. It is a dangerous and slippery slope upon which we stand when we reject what Solomon called the beginning of wisdom - the fear of God.

Why do Canadians sell themselves short? I've never been able to answer that question.

A lot of people don't realize that hair is a big thing for a lot of people, not just African-American women. It's something to be aware of and to be cautious of.

Every country has things to be proud of and to celebrate.

America has swerved from its ethical center.

In Latin America in general, it's very important that Christianity not be simply a thing of reason, but also of the heart.

The blue-collar is not supposed to read Horace, nor the farmer in his overalls Montale or Marvell. Nor, for that matter, is the politician expected to know by heart Gerard Manley Hopkins or Elizabeth Bishop. This is dumb as well as dangerous.

The lack of moral character is the number one problem in the black community today

political correctness jeopardizes more than it should the human capacity to speak the truth