“To be intellectual does not require one to be alienated and oppositional.” DoeIntellectual Author:Nancy Pearcey
“We do not create marriage from scratch. Instead, in the elegant language of the marriage ceremony, we 'enter into the holy estate of matrimony.” LanguageHolyEstatesElegantCeremonyScratchesMatrimonyMarriage Ceremony Author:Nancy Pearcey
“America has always welcomed anyone willing to assimilate to its national character. But radical Islam rejects assimilation and is bent on the conquest of our national character.” CharacterAmericaWillingIslamRadicalRejectsBentConquestAssimilationRadical Islam Author:Nancy Pearcey
“America is a knowledge-based society, where information counts as much as material resources. Therefore those with the power to define what qualifies as knowledge - to determine what are the accepted facts - wield the greatest social and political power.” FactsAmericaPoliticalSocialInformationMaterialsResourcesDetermineAcceptedPolitical Power Author:Nancy Pearcey
“Beginning under the Roman Empire, intellectual leadership in the West had been provided by Christianity. In the middle ages, who invented the first universities - in Paris, Oxford, Cambridge? The church.” FirstsAgeChurchChristianityMiddleIntellectualWestUniversityParisEmpiresMiddle AgesRoman EmpireOxfordCambridgeRoman CivilizationCambridge University Author:Nancy Pearcey
“Homeschoolers are the ultimate do-it-yourselfers. They are self-motivated and self-directed, independent-minded and creative. They are not content to turn their education of their children over to the government.” ChildrenSelfGovernmentTurnsCreativeUltimateIndependentMotivatedSelf Motivated Author:Nancy Pearcey
“If pro-abortionists want to commit intellectual suicide and deny scientific facts, that's their problem. But there's no reason a civilized society should fund their anti-scientific outlook - or accept its inhumane consequences.” IfsWantShouldReasonFactsProblemAcceptingIntellectualConsequenceSuicideDenyCommitNo ReasonFundCivilizedOutlookCivilized SocietyScientific FactsInhumane Author:Nancy Pearcey
“In Gnosticism, the physical world did not ultimately matter - which meant physical suffering did not matter either. Seeking 'enlightenment' meant cultivating an attitude of detachment, even indifference.” WorldMatterSufferingAttitudeEnlightenmentSeekingIndifferenceDetachmentCultivatingGnosticism Author:Nancy Pearcey
“Literary theory has become a parody of science, generating its own arcane jargon. In the process, tragically, it discourages love of literature for its own sake.” LiteratureProcessTheorySakeDiscouragingParodyJargonArcaneLiterary Theory Author:Nancy Pearcey
“Many journalists are influenced by a myopic multiculturalism that is suspicious of anything Western, while giving the benefit of the doubt to non-Western societies.” GivingDoubtBenefitsWesternJournalistMulticulturalismSuspiciousBenefit Of The DoubtWestern SocietyMyopic Author:Nancy Pearcey