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.”
Lawyers are natural politicians. - Clarence Darrow
The great gift of Easter is hope. - Basil C Hume
The gun is not out of Irish politics. - Ian Paisley
It ain't exactly the Pope diamond. - Archie Bunker
Crime does not pay as well as politics. - Alfred E. Newman
In politics an absurdity is not a handicap. - Napoleon Bonaparte
Everybody knows politics is a contact sport. - Barrack Obama
The Pope, I hope, can only be scared by God. - Donald Trump
A politician... one that would circumvent God. - William Shakespeare
Practical politics consists in ignoring facts. - Henry Brooks Adams
Politics is just show business for ugly people. - Jay Leno
I never saw anything funnier than Texas politics. - Molly Ivins
There would be no Christmas if there was no Easter. - Gordon B. Hinckley
The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun. - R Buckminster Fuller
Government is an endless pursuit of new ways to tax. - Unknown
Politicians can't manage. All they can do is talk. - Donald Trump
Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets. - Ronald Reagan
Government cannot and must not replace private initiative. - Kim Campbell
Poetry is about the grief. Politics is about the grievance. - Robert Frost
Dilemma: A politician trying to save both his faces at once - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
Politics doesn't make strange bedfellows - marriage does. - Groucho Marx
A government is the only known vessel that leaks from the top. - James Reston
It's a terrible shame that politics has become show business. - Sydney Pollack
For every action, there is an equal and opposite government program. - Bob Wells
The way my luck is running, if I was a politician I'd be honest. - Rodney Dangerfield
A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country. - Tex Guinan
Easter says you can put truth in a grave, but it won't stay there. - Clarence W Hall
Every politician should have been born an orphan and remain a bachelor. - Lady Bird Johnson
Politics is the chloroform of the Irish people, or, rather the hashish. - Oliver St. John Gogarty
The politicians were talking themselves red, white and blue in the face. - Clare Boothe Luce
Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure. - Bertrand Russell
Government can't give us anything without depriving us of something else. - Henry Hazlitt
The very first Easter taught us this: that life never ends and love never dies. - Kate McGahan
There are no crooked politicians in America. They've legalized their thievery. - Frank Dane
A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. - George Bernard Shaw
Either the government will be given to us or we shall seize it by marching on Rome. - Benito Mussolini
The fastest way for a politician to become an elder statesman is to lose an election. - Earl Wilson
Everyone wants to eat at the government's table, but nobody wants to do the dishes. - Werner Finck
Of all the tasks of government, the most basic is to protect its citizens from violence. - John Foster Dulles
My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government - he promised Dad he'd go straight. - John F Kennedy
Easter is the only time when it's perfectly safe to put all of your eggs in one basket. - Evan Esar
People want change but not too much change. Finding that balance is tricky for every politician. - Eleanor Clift
So, if we lie to the government, it's a felony.
But if they lie to us, it's politics. - Bill Murray
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
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one. - Thomas Paine
Animals are like little children a bit. They're simple. They don't have politics driving them. - Annabelle Sabloff
Ex-Presidents of the United States get state subsidies. Not so in Russia. You get no government support. - Mikhail Gorbachev
I don't look for much to come out of government ownership as long as we have Democrats and Republicans. - Kin Hubbard
Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. - Frederic Bastiat
Why does not the Pope build St. Peter's with his own money, rather than with the money of poor believers? - Martin Luther
Politicians and diapers have one thing in common. They should both be changed regularly, and for the same reason. - Jose Maria de Eca de Queiroz
At present, our country needs women's idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than anywhere else. - Shirley Chisholm
Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men's minds. - Thurgood Marshall
What politicians want to create is irreversible change because when you leave office someone changes it back again. - Estelle Morris
Frankly, I'd like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry. - Joseph Heller
One of the reasons people hate politics is that truth is rarely a politician's objective. Election and power are. - Cal Thomas
In America you can go on the air and kid the politicians,
and the politicians can go on the air and kid the people. - Groucho Marx
Calculating how much carbon is absorbed by which forests and farms is a tricky task, especially when politicians do it. - Donella Meadows
It's especially hard if the government is not providing services, or is even conducting ethnic cleansing against you. - Paul Harvey
If the government was as afraid of disturbing the consumer as it is of disturbing business, this would be some democracy. - Kin Hubbard
The Easter egg symbolizes our ability to break out of the hardened, protective shell we've surrounded ourselves with. - Siobhan Shaw
When it comes to politics, I sit down on a sofa and grab some popcorn - or sometimes I crouch down in order not to get shot. - Sergey Galitsky
It was revealed in a government survey published today that the Prime Minister is doing the work of two men, Laurel and Hardy. - Ronnie Corbett
In Mexico, an air-conditioner is called a "politician" because it makes a lot of noise but doesn't work very well. - Len Deighton
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
Ever occur to you why some of us can be this much concerned with animals suffering? Because government is not. Why not? Animals don't vote. - Paul Harvey
The best way to lose weight is to close your mouth - something very difficult for a politician. Or watch your food - just watch it, don't eat it. - Edward I Kock
The great gift of Easter is hope. - Basil C Hume
The gun is not out of Irish politics. - Ian Paisley
It ain't exactly the Pope diamond. - Archie Bunker
Crime does not pay as well as politics. - Alfred E. Newman
In politics an absurdity is not a handicap. - Napoleon Bonaparte
Everybody knows politics is a contact sport. - Barrack Obama
The Pope, I hope, can only be scared by God. - Donald Trump
A politician... one that would circumvent God. - William Shakespeare
Practical politics consists in ignoring facts. - Henry Brooks Adams
Politics is just show business for ugly people. - Jay Leno
I never saw anything funnier than Texas politics. - Molly Ivins
There would be no Christmas if there was no Easter. - Gordon B. Hinckley
The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun. - R Buckminster Fuller
Government is an endless pursuit of new ways to tax. - Unknown
Politicians can't manage. All they can do is talk. - Donald Trump
Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets. - Ronald Reagan
Government cannot and must not replace private initiative. - Kim Campbell
Poetry is about the grief. Politics is about the grievance. - Robert Frost
Dilemma: A politician trying to save both his faces at once - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
Politics doesn't make strange bedfellows - marriage does. - Groucho Marx
A government is the only known vessel that leaks from the top. - James Reston
It's a terrible shame that politics has become show business. - Sydney Pollack
For every action, there is an equal and opposite government program. - Bob Wells
The way my luck is running, if I was a politician I'd be honest. - Rodney Dangerfield
A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country. - Tex Guinan
Easter says you can put truth in a grave, but it won't stay there. - Clarence W Hall
Every politician should have been born an orphan and remain a bachelor. - Lady Bird Johnson
Politics is the chloroform of the Irish people, or, rather the hashish. - Oliver St. John Gogarty
The politicians were talking themselves red, white and blue in the face. - Clare Boothe Luce
Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure. - Bertrand Russell
Government can't give us anything without depriving us of something else. - Henry Hazlitt
The very first Easter taught us this: that life never ends and love never dies. - Kate McGahan
There are no crooked politicians in America. They've legalized their thievery. - Frank Dane
A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. - George Bernard Shaw
Either the government will be given to us or we shall seize it by marching on Rome. - Benito Mussolini
The fastest way for a politician to become an elder statesman is to lose an election. - Earl Wilson
Everyone wants to eat at the government's table, but nobody wants to do the dishes. - Werner Finck
Of all the tasks of government, the most basic is to protect its citizens from violence. - John Foster Dulles
My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government - he promised Dad he'd go straight. - John F Kennedy
Easter is the only time when it's perfectly safe to put all of your eggs in one basket. - Evan Esar
People want change but not too much change. Finding that balance is tricky for every politician. - Eleanor Clift
So, if we lie to the government, it's a felony.
But if they lie to us, it's politics. - Bill Murray
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
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one. - Thomas Paine
Animals are like little children a bit. They're simple. They don't have politics driving them. - Annabelle Sabloff
Ex-Presidents of the United States get state subsidies. Not so in Russia. You get no government support. - Mikhail Gorbachev
I don't look for much to come out of government ownership as long as we have Democrats and Republicans. - Kin Hubbard
Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. - Frederic Bastiat
Why does not the Pope build St. Peter's with his own money, rather than with the money of poor believers? - Martin Luther
Politicians and diapers have one thing in common. They should both be changed regularly, and for the same reason. - Jose Maria de Eca de Queiroz
At present, our country needs women's idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than anywhere else. - Shirley Chisholm
Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men's minds. - Thurgood Marshall
What politicians want to create is irreversible change because when you leave office someone changes it back again. - Estelle Morris
Frankly, I'd like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry. - Joseph Heller
One of the reasons people hate politics is that truth is rarely a politician's objective. Election and power are. - Cal Thomas
In America you can go on the air and kid the politicians,
and the politicians can go on the air and kid the people. - Groucho Marx
Calculating how much carbon is absorbed by which forests and farms is a tricky task, especially when politicians do it. - Donella Meadows
It's especially hard if the government is not providing services, or is even conducting ethnic cleansing against you. - Paul Harvey
If the government was as afraid of disturbing the consumer as it is of disturbing business, this would be some democracy. - Kin Hubbard
The Easter egg symbolizes our ability to break out of the hardened, protective shell we've surrounded ourselves with. - Siobhan Shaw
When it comes to politics, I sit down on a sofa and grab some popcorn - or sometimes I crouch down in order not to get shot. - Sergey Galitsky
It was revealed in a government survey published today that the Prime Minister is doing the work of two men, Laurel and Hardy. - Ronnie Corbett
In Mexico, an air-conditioner is called a "politician" because it makes a lot of noise but doesn't work very well. - Len Deighton
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
Ever occur to you why some of us can be this much concerned with animals suffering? Because government is not. Why not? Animals don't vote. - Paul Harvey
The best way to lose weight is to close your mouth - something very difficult for a politician. Or watch your food - just watch it, don't eat it. - Edward I Kock
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Identity Theft
Jerusalem Obituary, 33 A.D.
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