"Whatever flaws or personal failings afflict them, it remains the case that the overwhelming majority of priests and politicians are honourable and honest - seeking to live out their beliefs and serve society."

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Source : "Paedophile priests have left Catholics confused and demoralised, cardinal to say" by Riazat Butt, www.theguardian.com. April 2, 2010.

Keith O'Brien

#Majority Quotes #Belief Quotes #Honest Quotes

“A Chinese poet many centuries ago noticed that to re-create something in words is like being alive twice.”
“I will surrender to the moment today.”
“I worship you, but I loathe marriage. I hate its smugness, its safety, its compromise and the thought of you interfering with my work, hindering me; what would you answer?”
“I'll be your number one with a bullet.”
“The machine will grind you down, but the machine is not bigger than the imagination. Rome fell in a day. We know this.”
“There's nothing like an Aerosmith groove”
“You can't reason with your heart; it has its own laws, and thumps about things which the intellect scorns.”
“When I'm out in public I need to be a role model for the kids. I need to be someone they can look up to or portray themselves as.”

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