Born Again Quotes

“How magnificently has God honored the covenant of our forefathers. How richly has he blessed our nation. So deep are our religious roots, but so far have we strayed.”
― Charles W. Colson, Born Again

“I'd always follow Nixon's orders, but you can't order somebody to be happy.”
― Charles W. Colson, Born Again

“The darker that all around us seems, the greater the despair in our temporal life, the more light that God shines upon us, the more we feel the power of the Holy Spirit within us.”
― Charles W. Colson, Born Again

“What holds our society together is not force or even laws but moral suasion. Presidents rule not by fiat, but by the sufferance of free men. Without the collective goodwill of 200 million Americans, glibly called “public confidence,” government is impotent, anarchy—or worse—inescapable.”
― Charles W. Colson, Born Again

“Noble in defeat, he (Nixon) was now without grace in victory. I had seen the president show rare courage when others are around him shrank in fear. Since I had come to respect the president for what he was at his best moments, I learned to accept him for what he was at his worst. Loyalty, like love, creates its own image of what we see.”
― Charles W. Colson, Born Again