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.”
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
I am not a politician, but a soldier. - Idi Amin
The gun is not out of Irish politics. - Ian Paisley
The Pope, I hope, can only be scared by God. - Donald Trump
Man is not free unless government is limited. - Ronald Reagan
Intelligence has nothing to do with politics. - Londo Molari
I never saw anything funnier than Texas politics. - Molly Ivins
Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business. - Winston Churchill
Politics is the art of controlling your environment. - Hunter S. Thompson
Government is an endless pursuit of new ways to tax. - Unknown
I'm not a politician. I've only got one face. - Brendan Behan
Easter spells out beauty, the rare beauty of new life. - S D Gordon
Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets. - Ronald Reagan
Government cannot and must not replace private initiative. - Kim Campbell
Dilemma: A politician trying to save both his faces at once - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
In politics, a lie unanswered becomes truth within 24 hours. - Willie Brown
Easter is meant to be a symbol of hope, renewal, and new life. - Janine di Giovanni
An honest man in politics shines more than he would elsewhere. - Mark Twain
Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
It's a terrible shame that politics has become show business. - Sydney Pollack
History is a tool used by politicians to justify their intentions. - Ted Koppei
The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world. - Reinhold Niebuhr
For every action, there is an equal and opposite government program. - Bob Wells
An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought. - Simon Cameron
A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country. - Tex Guinan
A politician will do anything to keep his job - even become a patriot. - William Randolph
A politician is a man who approaches every problem with an open mouth. - Adlai Stevenson
Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote. - William E. Simon
Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure. - Bertrand Russell
The police force cannot be completely independent of the executive government. - P Chidambaram
The very first Easter taught us this: that life never ends and love never dies. - Kate McGahan
A filmmaker we almost lost to politics... my friend and colleague, Warren Beatty. - Jack Nicholson
Either the government will be given to us or we shall seize it by marching on Rome. - Benito Mussolini
The indignation of politicians is NOT a good measure of the gravity of any situation. - Paul Harvey
Ideas are great arrows, but there has to be a bow. And politics is the bow of idealism. - Bill Moyers
I built my church on Easter services, Christmas Eve services, and Norman Vincent Peale. - Robert H. Schuller
You know what's got the world in the shape today? Buddah, the Pope, Marx and Lemons. - Archie Bunker
Of all the tasks of government, the most basic is to protect its citizens from violence. - John Foster Dulles
In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man; if you want anything done, ask a woman. - Margaret Thatcher
I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don't have as many people who believe it. - George Carlin
Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song. - Pope John Paul II
My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government - he promised Dad he'd go straight. - John F Kennedy
Officialese: A government language where you can understand the words, but not the sentences - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
I think it's an absolute disaster that Australia, the government, allowed kangaroo culling. - Steve Irwin
Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joe-k. - Will Rogers
Reporter: "How many people work at the Vatican?"
Pope John XXIII: "About half." - Pope John XXIII
One of the key problems today is that politics is such a disgrace, good people don't go into government. - Donald Trump
Politics: Poli, a Latin word meaning "many"; and tics, meaning "bloodsucking creatures." - Robin Williams
I won't eat anything that has intelligent life, but I would gladly eat a network executive or a politician. - Marty Feldman
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. - Plato
At present, our country needs women's idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than anywhere else. - Shirley Chisholm
Harold MacMillan is a very intelligent man, who, as so often happens in politics, achieved supreme power too late. - Malcolm Muggeridge
Taxpayer - someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination. - Ronald Reagan
I have certain rules I live by. My first rule: I don't believe anything the government tells me. Nothing. Zero. - George Carlin
In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate. - Charles de Gaulle
Calculating how much carbon is absorbed by which forests and farms is a tricky task, especially when politicians do it. - Donella Meadows
If the government was as afraid of disturbing the consumer as it is of disturbing business, this would be some democracy. - Kin Hubbard
Very few of these panic-mongers have any personal knowledge of the countries that are already under blackshirt government. - Lord Rothermere
We're at a point in history where everyone needs to pay attention to politics. Too much is at stake for us to be apathetic. - Kevin Costner
The nine most terrifying words in the English language are,
"I'm from the government and I'm here to help." - Ronald Reagan
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
A politician should have three hats. One for throwing into the ring, one for talking through, and one for pulling rabbits out of if elected. - Carl Sandburg
When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my country. I make up for lost time when I am at home. - Winston Churchill
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
Being in politics is like being a football coach; you have to be smart enough to understand the game, and dumb enough to think it's important. - Eugene McCarthy
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
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
Jokes of the proper kind, properly told, can do more to enlighten questions of politics, philosophy, and literature than any number of dull arguments. - Isaac Asimov
Politics makes strange red-fellows. - Will Rogers
There is no gambling like politics. - Benjamin Disraeli
I am not a politician, but a soldier. - Idi Amin
The gun is not out of Irish politics. - Ian Paisley
The Pope, I hope, can only be scared by God. - Donald Trump
Man is not free unless government is limited. - Ronald Reagan
Intelligence has nothing to do with politics. - Londo Molari
I never saw anything funnier than Texas politics. - Molly Ivins
Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business. - Winston Churchill
Politics is the art of controlling your environment. - Hunter S. Thompson
Government is an endless pursuit of new ways to tax. - Unknown
I'm not a politician. I've only got one face. - Brendan Behan
Easter spells out beauty, the rare beauty of new life. - S D Gordon
Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets. - Ronald Reagan
Government cannot and must not replace private initiative. - Kim Campbell
Dilemma: A politician trying to save both his faces at once - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
In politics, a lie unanswered becomes truth within 24 hours. - Willie Brown
Easter is meant to be a symbol of hope, renewal, and new life. - Janine di Giovanni
An honest man in politics shines more than he would elsewhere. - Mark Twain
Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
It's a terrible shame that politics has become show business. - Sydney Pollack
History is a tool used by politicians to justify their intentions. - Ted Koppei
The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world. - Reinhold Niebuhr
For every action, there is an equal and opposite government program. - Bob Wells
An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought. - Simon Cameron
A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country. - Tex Guinan
A politician will do anything to keep his job - even become a patriot. - William Randolph
A politician is a man who approaches every problem with an open mouth. - Adlai Stevenson
Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote. - William E. Simon
Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure. - Bertrand Russell
The police force cannot be completely independent of the executive government. - P Chidambaram
The very first Easter taught us this: that life never ends and love never dies. - Kate McGahan
A filmmaker we almost lost to politics... my friend and colleague, Warren Beatty. - Jack Nicholson
Either the government will be given to us or we shall seize it by marching on Rome. - Benito Mussolini
The indignation of politicians is NOT a good measure of the gravity of any situation. - Paul Harvey
Ideas are great arrows, but there has to be a bow. And politics is the bow of idealism. - Bill Moyers
I built my church on Easter services, Christmas Eve services, and Norman Vincent Peale. - Robert H. Schuller
You know what's got the world in the shape today? Buddah, the Pope, Marx and Lemons. - Archie Bunker
Of all the tasks of government, the most basic is to protect its citizens from violence. - John Foster Dulles
In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man; if you want anything done, ask a woman. - Margaret Thatcher
I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don't have as many people who believe it. - George Carlin
Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song. - Pope John Paul II
My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government - he promised Dad he'd go straight. - John F Kennedy
Officialese: A government language where you can understand the words, but not the sentences - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
I think it's an absolute disaster that Australia, the government, allowed kangaroo culling. - Steve Irwin
Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joe-k. - Will Rogers
Reporter: "How many people work at the Vatican?"
Pope John XXIII: "About half." - Pope John XXIII
One of the key problems today is that politics is such a disgrace, good people don't go into government. - Donald Trump
Politics: Poli, a Latin word meaning "many"; and tics, meaning "bloodsucking creatures." - Robin Williams
I won't eat anything that has intelligent life, but I would gladly eat a network executive or a politician. - Marty Feldman
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. - Plato
At present, our country needs women's idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than anywhere else. - Shirley Chisholm
Harold MacMillan is a very intelligent man, who, as so often happens in politics, achieved supreme power too late. - Malcolm Muggeridge
Taxpayer - someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination. - Ronald Reagan
I have certain rules I live by. My first rule: I don't believe anything the government tells me. Nothing. Zero. - George Carlin
In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate. - Charles de Gaulle
Calculating how much carbon is absorbed by which forests and farms is a tricky task, especially when politicians do it. - Donella Meadows
If the government was as afraid of disturbing the consumer as it is of disturbing business, this would be some democracy. - Kin Hubbard
Very few of these panic-mongers have any personal knowledge of the countries that are already under blackshirt government. - Lord Rothermere
We're at a point in history where everyone needs to pay attention to politics. Too much is at stake for us to be apathetic. - Kevin Costner
The nine most terrifying words in the English language are,
"I'm from the government and I'm here to help." - Ronald Reagan
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
A politician should have three hats. One for throwing into the ring, one for talking through, and one for pulling rabbits out of if elected. - Carl Sandburg
When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my country. I make up for lost time when I am at home. - Winston Churchill
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
Being in politics is like being a football coach; you have to be smart enough to understand the game, and dumb enough to think it's important. - Eugene McCarthy
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
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
Jokes of the proper kind, properly told, can do more to enlighten questions of politics, philosophy, and literature than any number of dull arguments. - Isaac Asimov
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