Quotes about "Politics & Government"

I got a tooth bust by somebody who decided they didn't like me and I thought the moustache hid a scar on my lip. It's true that people were told facial hair was not appreciated by the British public, but I just decided to keep the moustache. ”

Without initiative, leaders are simply workers in leadership positions. ”

I don't think sometimes people in positions of leadership in the church really engage gay and lesbian people and talk to them and get to know about their lives. ”

We are a democracy, and we get the leaders we deserve because we elect them. ”

Once a bishop is appointed, in terms of governance, we are semi-autonomous. It's not like we are branch managers of a bank or something. ”

Voting for a candidate solely because of that candidate's support for abortion or against him or her solely on the basis of his or her race is to promote an intrinsic evil. To do so consciously is indeed sinful. That is behavior incompatible with being a Christian. ”

We realize there is no political party or politician who fully takes into consideration the issues the church is about. This is nothing new to us. ”

The nation's children, families, poor, workers, and senior citizens deserve more than lip service. They deserve more than outrage. They deserve real support, protection, and solid action. ”

We have to become involved in the political process - if we don't like it, we can change it. ”

For generations, our political life was distorted by the influence of public officials whose foremost goal was to preserve the essence, if not the form, of slavery in a segregated and discriminatory social system. ”