The Reverend Jerry Falwell, founder of the Moral Majority, died this week. Let's take a look back at some examples of his wit and wisdom.

FALWELL ON 9/11

"The abortionists have got to bear some burden for this because God will not be mocked. And when we destroy 40 million little innocent babies, we make God mad. I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People for the American Way -- all of them who have tried to secularize America -- I point the finger in their face and say, "You helped this happen." (quoted from John F Harris, "God Gave US 'What We Deserve,' Falwell Says," The Washington Post, September 14, 2001)

FALWELL ON PUBLIC EDUCATION

"I hope I live to see the day when, as in the early days of our country, we won't have any public schools. The churches will have taken them over again and Christians will be running them. What a happy day that will be!" (Jerry Falwell, America Can Be Saved, 1979 pp. 52-53, from Albert J Menendez and Edd Doerr, The Great Quotations on Religious Freedom)

FALWELL ON POLITICS

"The idea that religion and politics don't mix was invented by the Devil to keep Christians from running their own country." (Sermon, July 4, 1976)

FALWELL ON JEWS

"The Jews are returning to their land of unbelief. They are spiritually blind and desperately in need of their Messiah and Savior." (Jerry Falwell, Listen, America!)

FALWELL ON SEX

"Grown men should not be having sex with prostitutes unless they are married to them." (on CNN's Crossfire, May 17, 1997)