"I beg the Lord to grant us more politicians who are genuinely disturbed by the state of society, the people, the lives of the poor!"

-- Pope Francis

#People Quotes #Politician Quotes #Lord Quotes

“On an overcrowded planet where more species slip toward extinction every day, should one species have the right to multiply and consume at will, even as it nudges others to oblivion?”
“Yes, you need a passport to prove to the world that you exist. The people at passport control, they cannot look at you and see you are a person. No! They have to look at a little photograph of you. Then they believe you exist.”
“This idea of compassion comes to us because we're made in the image of God, who is ultimately the compassionate one.”
“I go back to where I came from, to where I was before I was born, thatâ€™s all.”
“It's great working with my sister, because we are very close as a family - my brother, my sister and myself. We have a great relationship.”
“His Grace was at her side, and lifted her down from the chair. "My enfant," he said , "duchesses do not dance on chairs, nor do they call their brothers 'imbÃ©cile'." LÃ©onie's twinkled irrepressibly. "I do," she said firmly.”
“He who tells a lie is not sensible of how great a task he undertakes; for he must be forced to invent twenty more to maintain that one.”

Source : Alexander Pope, William Roscoe (1847). “The works of Alexander Pope, esq., with notes and illustrations, by himself and others. To which are added, a new life of the author, an Estimate of his poetical character and writings, and occasional remarks by William Roscoe, esq”, p.381
“What you react to in others, you strengthen in yourself.”

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