I met the president when he was president-elect at a meeting in Austin. He spoke of his faith. He spoke of his desire for a compassionate conservatism, for a faith-based initiative that would do something for poor people.
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The media seems to think only abortion and gay marriage are religious issues. Poverty is a moral issue, it's a faith issue, it's a religious issue.
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We have got some mountains to move. Three billion people - half of God's children - are living on less than $2 a day.
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If these hands, used to fighting, would be acceptable to His Holiness, we most thankfully dedicate them to the service of him who deserves so well of the Church and of the fatherland.
Giuseppe Garibaldi
We can't keep playing catch up as we have done for every season I've been here.
Paul Ince
Smiling always with a never fading serenity of countenance, and flourishing in an immortal youth.
Isaac Barrow