Charles Colson

I know the resurrection is a fact, and Watergate proved it to me. How? Because twelve men testified they had seen Jesus raised from the dead, then they proclaimed that truth for forty years, never once denying it. Every one was beaten, tortured, stoned and put in prison. They would not have endured that if it weren't true. Watergate embroiled twelve of the most powerful men in the world-and they couldn't keep a lie for three weeks. You're telling me twelve apostles could keep a lie for forty years? Absolutely impossible.

The real legacy of Watergate is the way our country and her people responded to that scandal. The response was most encouraging. It sent an unmistakable message to the world that we would not and did not tolerate abuse of power at the highest levels of government.

I found that in my whole life I had known no one—not one person—who cared for me.

I shudder to think how close I came to considering political power the ultimate good, and to rationalizing anything I deemed necessary to obtain it.

Conviction for me would be a living heart, a safeguarding walk, a they know that you are Jesus where I am.