10 Quotes by Charles W. Colson

I'd always follow Nixon's orders, but you can't order somebody to be happy.

Our character is determined not by our circumstances but by our reaction to those circumstances.

The lure of power can separate the most resolute of Christians from the true nature of Christian leadership, which is service to others. It’s difficult to stand on a pedestal and wash the feet of those below.

S. Lewis, coined the phrase “The.

One of the most startling commentaries on this century is the fact that millions more have died at the hands of their own governments than in wars with other nations – all to preserve someone’s power.

If Christians today understood this distinction between the role of the private Christian citizen and the Christian in government, they might sound less like medieval crusaders. If secularists understood correctly the nature of Christian public duty they would not fear, but welcome responsible Christian political involvement.

The Bible teaches that there is a holy God whose law constitutes a transcendent, universally valid standard of right and wrong. Our choice has no effect at all on this standard; our choice simply determines whether we accept it, or reject it and suffer the consequences.

Powerful people were about to make Nien Cheng their favorite sacrificial lamb – or to die trying. They thought she could be used to discredit their opponents. The ransacking of her house had been only a first step.

A Christian writer has summed this up well: “The ‘Christian state’ is one that gives no special public privilege to Christian citizens but seeks justice for all as a matter of principle.”6.