As I was sitting down to write the book and talking about policy and intellectual things these ideas that you talk about so eloquently on your show I realized that my understanding of conservatism my understanding of America my understanding of Faith per period of self-governance in this world really was formed in the what was the lowest point in my life

We've literally had far more uh rural area than we've had urban areas one of the things that worries me and it's it's not a sideswipe at people who prefer living in cities is that as we have become more urbanized very steadily over the last century that we are losing what is a key part of our DNA which is that having access to rural areas or as we are now saying in this conversation the frontier we're losing what it needs to be an American

The American Republic is dead if we don't Revitalize our faith the conservative movement simply can't Exist by philosophical definition if there isn't a revitalizing of faith in the movement

I find Pope Francis to be a challenge particularly his understanding or lack thereof of American self-governance

Mainline Protestant denominations are suffering from the same thing

church leaders are going to need to have the courage that their Rank and file members have

we ought to Aspire to a great sense of virtue inspired by the lives of the Saints