“Government has a legitimate sphere of operation. The problem arises wh...” — William A. Dembski Quote

“Government has a legitimate sphere of operation. The problem arises when that sphere continually expands, encompassing areas where government lacks legitimacy.”

“Because we don't see the evil destroyed now and thus experience the suffering that evil inevitably inflicts, we are tempted to doubt God's existence and goodness.”

“Constrained optimization is the art of compromise between conflicting objectives. This is what design is all about. To find fault with biological design - as Stephen Jay Gould regularly does - because it misses some idealized optimum is therefore gratuitous. Not knowing the objectives of the designer, Gould is in no position to say whether the designer has proposed a faulty compromise among those objectives.”

“Wrong people are wrong because they use their freedom to deny it to others.”

“Because government has tremendous power, it attracts people who are eager to game the system, obtaining by force of law what they could never achieve through consensus.”

“The shortcoming of purely political discourse between Christians and Jews arises from the fact that it is largely built upon the perception of a common enemy.”

“This is Sunday, and the question arises, what'll I start tomorrow?”

“When police or security personnel work in schools, they should follow the community policing model that integrates officers into school life, not just involve them when trouble arises.”

“Modern science tells us that the conscious self arises from a purely physical brain. We do not have immaterial souls.”

“I don't believe in getting lucky, I never have - luck is actually being ready to take advantage of an opportunity when it arises because you have the skill set you need and the drive and determination to do it.”

“Speaking as a builder, if you start something, you must have a vision of the thing which arises from your instinct about preserving and enhancing what is there.”