Unknown to most Canadians, as Pope John Paul II was dying, he sent a message to
the present Canadian Prime Minister (Paul Martin), and the past Prime Minister
(Jean Chretien), to come to his home in the Vatican.
When they arrived, they were ushered up to his bedroom. As they entered the
room, the clergyman held out his hands and motioned for them to sit on each side
of the bed. The Pope grasped their hands, sighed contentedly, smiled and stared
at the ceiling. For a time, no one said anything. Both Martin and Chretien were
touched and flattered that the old Pope would ask them to be with him during his
final moment.
They were also puzzled though because the Pope had never given any indication
that he particularly liked either one of them. Finally, Chretien asked, “Odder,
what for did you hask de two of huss to come ’ere?”
The old Pope mustered up some strength, then said weakly, “Jesus died between two
thieves, and that’s how I want to go as well.”
Easter is never deserved. - Jan Karon
Politics is an inexact science. - Otto von Bismarck
Good government is good politics. - Richard J. Daley
The great gift of Easter is hope. - Basil C Hume
Politics makes strange red-fellows. - Will Rogers
There is no gambling like politics. - Benjamin Disraeli
Politics is the art of the possible. - Otto von Bismarck
Under every stone lurks a politician. - Aristophanes
The gun is not out of Irish politics. - Ian Paisley
It ain't exactly the Pope diamond. - Archie Bunker
In politics an absurdity is not a handicap. - Napoleon Bonaparte
Intelligence has nothing to do with politics. - Londo Molari
Every country has the government it deserves. - Joseph de Maistre
Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business. - Winston Churchill
Most bad government results from too much government. - Thomas Jefferson
I'm not a politician. I've only got one face. - Brendan Behan
If men were angels, no government would be necessary. - James Madison
Politicians can't manage. All they can do is talk. - Donald Trump
Easter spells out beauty, the rare beauty of new life. - S D Gordon
Easter is very important to me, it's a second chance. - Reba McEntire
Poetry is about the grief. Politics is about the grievance. - Robert Frost
Those have a short Lent who owe money to be paid at Easter. - Benjamin Franklin
You can't get rich in politics unless you're a crook. - Harry S Truman
Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
We have the best government in the world... that money can buy. - Mark Twain
I believe that truth is the glue that holds government together. - Gerald R. Ford
In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant. - Charles de Gaulle
The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government. - Edward Abbey
Easter says you can put truth in a grave, but it won't stay there. - Clarence W Hall
Politics is the chloroform of the Irish people, or, rather the hashish. - Oliver St. John Gogarty
I have great respect for the Pope. I like the Pope. I actually like him. - Donald Trump
The politicians were talking themselves red, white and blue in the face. - Clare Boothe Luce
I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. - Will Rogers
Government of the people, by the people, and for the pursuit of happiness. - Archie Bunker
The flood of money that gushes into politics today is a pollution of democracy. - Theodore White
The very first Easter taught us this: that life never ends and love never dies. - Kate McGahan
American Politics: A form of socialism for the rich, including the politicians. - Gregory Nunn
A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. - George Bernard Shaw
Politicians who complain about the media are like sailors who complain about the sea. - Enoch Powell
I love Canada. I am from Canada. I will bash the Canadian government but never Canada. - Jason Priestley
Ideas are great arrows, but there has to be a bow. And politics is the bow of idealism. - Bill Moyers
Of all the tasks of government, the most basic is to protect its citizens from violence. - John Foster Dulles
I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don't have as many people who believe it. - George Carlin
Easter is the only time when it's perfectly safe to put all of your eggs in one basket. - Evan Esar
Easter is a time when God turned the inevitability of death into the invincibility of life. - Craig D Loundsbrough
Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks. - Doug Larson
Officialese: A government language where you can understand the words, but not the sentences - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
Christ appeared alive on several occasions after the cataclysmic events of that first Easter. - Josh McDowell
I think it's an absolute disaster that Australia, the government, allowed kangaroo culling. - Steve Irwin
What is the first part of politics? Education. The second? Education. And the third? Education. - Jules Michelet
People want change but not too much change. Finding that balance is tricky for every politician. - Eleanor Clift
A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them. - P.J. O'Rourke
Good thing we've still got politics in Texas - finest form of free entertainment ever invented. - Molly Ivins
The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence, because it's so rare. - Daniel P Moynihan
A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have. - Thomas Jefferson
Why pay money to have your family tree traced; go into politics and your opponents will do it for you. - Unknown
Why does not the Pope build St. Peter's with his own money, rather than with the money of poor believers? - Martin Luther
It is a win-win for the American people, an idea no conventional politician would have the guts to put forward. - Donald Trump
If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand. - Milton Friedman
At present, our country needs women's idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than anywhere else. - Shirley Chisholm
Taxpayer - someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination. - Ronald Reagan
Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage. - Ambrose Bierce
In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other. - Voltaire
I am quite sure now that often in matters concerning religion and politics, a man's reasoning powers are not above the monkeys. - Mark Twain
Judge: 1. A law student who marks his own examination papers; 2. A lawyer who once knew a politician; 3. A man in a trying position. - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
When one may pay out over two million dollars to presidential and Congressional campaigns, the U.S. government is virtually up for sale. - John W. Gardner
It goes back to Christianity's affiliation with Judaism as Passover. Easter is as important to Christians as Passover is to the Jews. - Glenn Duffy
The politicians in Washington are spending trillions of dollars of our money. When are Americans going to stand up and say enough is enough? - Joe Wurzelbacher
In politics, as in womanizing, failure is decisive. It sheds its retrospective gloom on earlier endeavor which at the time seemed full of promise. - Malcolm Muggeridge
Regarded simply as a politician, and compared with the other leading political figures of our time, how clean a smell he has managed to leave behind. - Mahatma Gandhi
Politics is an inexact science. - Otto von Bismarck
Good government is good politics. - Richard J. Daley
The great gift of Easter is hope. - Basil C Hume
Politics makes strange red-fellows. - Will Rogers
There is no gambling like politics. - Benjamin Disraeli
Politics is the art of the possible. - Otto von Bismarck
Under every stone lurks a politician. - Aristophanes
The gun is not out of Irish politics. - Ian Paisley
It ain't exactly the Pope diamond. - Archie Bunker
In politics an absurdity is not a handicap. - Napoleon Bonaparte
Intelligence has nothing to do with politics. - Londo Molari
Every country has the government it deserves. - Joseph de Maistre
Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business. - Winston Churchill
Most bad government results from too much government. - Thomas Jefferson
I'm not a politician. I've only got one face. - Brendan Behan
If men were angels, no government would be necessary. - James Madison
Politicians can't manage. All they can do is talk. - Donald Trump
Easter spells out beauty, the rare beauty of new life. - S D Gordon
Easter is very important to me, it's a second chance. - Reba McEntire
Poetry is about the grief. Politics is about the grievance. - Robert Frost
Those have a short Lent who owe money to be paid at Easter. - Benjamin Franklin
You can't get rich in politics unless you're a crook. - Harry S Truman
Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
We have the best government in the world... that money can buy. - Mark Twain
I believe that truth is the glue that holds government together. - Gerald R. Ford
In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant. - Charles de Gaulle
The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government. - Edward Abbey
Easter says you can put truth in a grave, but it won't stay there. - Clarence W Hall
Politics is the chloroform of the Irish people, or, rather the hashish. - Oliver St. John Gogarty
I have great respect for the Pope. I like the Pope. I actually like him. - Donald Trump
The politicians were talking themselves red, white and blue in the face. - Clare Boothe Luce
I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. - Will Rogers
Government of the people, by the people, and for the pursuit of happiness. - Archie Bunker
The flood of money that gushes into politics today is a pollution of democracy. - Theodore White
The very first Easter taught us this: that life never ends and love never dies. - Kate McGahan
American Politics: A form of socialism for the rich, including the politicians. - Gregory Nunn
A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. - George Bernard Shaw
Politicians who complain about the media are like sailors who complain about the sea. - Enoch Powell
I love Canada. I am from Canada. I will bash the Canadian government but never Canada. - Jason Priestley
Ideas are great arrows, but there has to be a bow. And politics is the bow of idealism. - Bill Moyers
Of all the tasks of government, the most basic is to protect its citizens from violence. - John Foster Dulles
I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don't have as many people who believe it. - George Carlin
Easter is the only time when it's perfectly safe to put all of your eggs in one basket. - Evan Esar
Easter is a time when God turned the inevitability of death into the invincibility of life. - Craig D Loundsbrough
Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks. - Doug Larson
Officialese: A government language where you can understand the words, but not the sentences - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
Christ appeared alive on several occasions after the cataclysmic events of that first Easter. - Josh McDowell
I think it's an absolute disaster that Australia, the government, allowed kangaroo culling. - Steve Irwin
What is the first part of politics? Education. The second? Education. And the third? Education. - Jules Michelet
People want change but not too much change. Finding that balance is tricky for every politician. - Eleanor Clift
A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them. - P.J. O'Rourke
Good thing we've still got politics in Texas - finest form of free entertainment ever invented. - Molly Ivins
The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence, because it's so rare. - Daniel P Moynihan
A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have. - Thomas Jefferson
Why pay money to have your family tree traced; go into politics and your opponents will do it for you. - Unknown
Why does not the Pope build St. Peter's with his own money, rather than with the money of poor believers? - Martin Luther
It is a win-win for the American people, an idea no conventional politician would have the guts to put forward. - Donald Trump
If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand. - Milton Friedman
At present, our country needs women's idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than anywhere else. - Shirley Chisholm
Taxpayer - someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination. - Ronald Reagan
Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage. - Ambrose Bierce
In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other. - Voltaire
I am quite sure now that often in matters concerning religion and politics, a man's reasoning powers are not above the monkeys. - Mark Twain
Judge: 1. A law student who marks his own examination papers; 2. A lawyer who once knew a politician; 3. A man in a trying position. - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
When one may pay out over two million dollars to presidential and Congressional campaigns, the U.S. government is virtually up for sale. - John W. Gardner
It goes back to Christianity's affiliation with Judaism as Passover. Easter is as important to Christians as Passover is to the Jews. - Glenn Duffy
The politicians in Washington are spending trillions of dollars of our money. When are Americans going to stand up and say enough is enough? - Joe Wurzelbacher
In politics, as in womanizing, failure is decisive. It sheds its retrospective gloom on earlier endeavor which at the time seemed full of promise. - Malcolm Muggeridge
Regarded simply as a politician, and compared with the other leading political figures of our time, how clean a smell he has managed to leave behind. - Mahatma Gandhi
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Broken Egg
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Easter Bunny’s Rude Awakening
Easter Bunny Wisdom
Easter Canceled
Easter Car
Easter Cats
Easter Egg Drop-outs
Easter Elephant Eggs
Easter Identity Theft
Easter Sudoku Puzzle
Easter Yolks
Egg Couch
Egg Separator
Egg Walk
Eggs with Eyes
Eggsellent Close Shave
Eggsellent Friends
Firm Egg
Forgotten Easter Eggs
Golfer’s Breakfast
Happy Easter, Big Guy
Happy Keester
Hare Five
Hoppy Easter
How Easter Eggs Are Made
How Many Eggs?
Identity Theft
Jerusalem Obituary, 33 A.D.
Leaving A Good Impression
Missed Palm Sunday
Pine Trees Know When It’s Easter
Purrrfect Disguise
Rabbit or Duck?
Stuffed Bunny
Taking No Chance with the Mother-In-Law
Texas Easter Bunny
The Rules of Chocolate
The Crucifixion
The Resurrection
What Happened?
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