"Anybody can be Pope; the proof of this is that I have become one."

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Source : Henri Fesquet Wit and Wisdom of Good Pope John (1964) p. 112

Pope John XXIII

#Pope Quotes #Proof Quotes

“It is ironic that people of modest means sometimes become conservative out of a scarcity fear bred by the very capitalist system they support.”
“Science is public, not private, knowledge.”
“What we are doing to the future of our children, and the other species on the planet, is a clear moral issue.”

Source : "James Hansen on the Tar Sands Pipeline Protest, the Obama Administration and Intergenerational Justice". Interview with Jerry Cope, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 21, 2011.
“Today, we see ISIS dwindling. We see that terrorist organization, with all their bravado, losing their territory and going back from a proto-state to an underground terrorist organization.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“I heard you're campaigning on my behalf." He walked over to me. "That wouldn't be because you'd miss me too much if I were gone,would it?" "Don't be absurd," I scoffed. "I don't condone murder, even for people like you." "People like me,huh?" He cocked an eyebrow. "You mean devilishly handsome, debonair young men who come to sweep rebellious princesses of their feet?" "You came to kidnap me, not sweep me off my feet," I said,but he waved his hand at the idea. "Semantics.”
“Now I must live with the consequences of the choice I made. And I will not call it the wrong choice. That would be foolish and pointless. That choice led me to everything that has happened since, including this very moment, and the choices I make today or tomorrow or next week will lead me to the next and next present moments in my life. It is all a journey, Miss Jewell. I have come to understand that that is what life is all about-a journey and the courage and energy always to take the next step and the next without judgement about what was right and what was wrong.”

Source : Mary Balogh (2006). “Simply Love”, p.131, Delacorte Press
“Nature also forges man, now a gold man, now a silver man, now a fig man, now a bean man.”
“I didn't much like being in Parliament physically. I found it a bit depressing. It's very dark and heavy. I like being out and about.”

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