Quotes about "Politics & Government"

A career public speaker is not what I'm called to be. I'm called to be a critic. ”

What we need to affirm is that Jesus is neither a Democrat nor a Republican. Whenever we marry Jesus to a political party, we are committing the sin of idolatry. We are making Jesus into the image of our political party. ”

Evangelical Christians, who once were a ridiculed irrelevant sectarian movement, have, over just three decades, become a powerful voting bloc that can no longer be ignored. ”

Young Evangelicals, especially, are breaking ranks with older Evangelicals (over 40) and are more and more leaning towards voting Democratic. ”

What is especially important is addressing the question of how religion can be enforced through political means and what can be done to create a political environment that, on the one hand, acknowledges the role of religion in society, while on the other hand does not impose one religion on the populace at the expense of all others. ”

If a guy is intimidated by a woman in leadership, he has real problems with his own concepts of masculinity. That's a harsh statement, but I believe it to be true. ”

A strong case can be made for religious leaders to speak out on political issues. ”

The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes. ”

The public think the politicians don't know or care about their lives; and the politicians feel misunderstood. ”

But as I always say to people I'm essentially a public service person. ”