Martin Sheen quotes - page 2

And there are so many people in the third world suffering so horribly right now, and we are so focused on ourselves and our culture that a lot of things are showing up in our culture that are making it impossible for us to focus on others. We're so self-focused. (Martin Sheen)
I don't think that people in America are really given enough information about the Third World. View quote
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It doesn't really matter how much of the rules or the dogma we accepted and lived by if we're not really living by the fundamental creed of the Catholic Church, which is service to others and finding God in ourselves and then seeing God in everyone - including our enemies. View quote
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Well, I think that Catholicism's basic foundation of faith is personal conscience. I think it's between you and God, not you and the Church. View quote
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On the show, we are not trying to get people to eat their vegetables; we are not trying to get people to become Democrats. We are basically trying to encourage people to get involved with public life so that politics isn't left to the wealthy and privileged. View quote
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I personally am opposed to abortion, but I will not judge anybody else's right in that regard because I am not a woman and I could never face the actual reality of it. View quote
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George W Bush is like a bad comic working the crowd, a moron, if you'll pardon the expression. View quote
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There's no way that I could be the president. You can't have a pacifist in the White House... I'm an actor. This is what I do for a living. View quote
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You can't project something on someone else that is damaging that person and not become that yourself, it seems to me. View quote
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I don't anticipate success. We're not asked to be successful, we are only asked to be faithful. View quote
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I do it because I can't seem to live with myself if I do not. I don't know any other way to be. (Martin Sheen)
Once you follow a path of nonviolence and social justice, it won't take you long before you come into conflict with the culture, with the society. View quote
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You have to be prepared for the consequences. I honestly do not know if civil disobedience has any effect on the government. I can promise you it has a great effect on the person who chooses to do it. View quote
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I'm a pilgrim trying to win my freedom and serve as best I can in the time I have, with this gift I've been given. View quote
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It is my pleasure to support a candidate who truly reflects our values and highest ideals. View quote
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War at this time and in this place is unwelcome, unwise, and simply wrong. View quote
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Don't invade Iraq. Inspections work, war won't. View quote
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No, no, I never despair, because George Bush is not running the universe. He may be running the United States, he may be running the military, he may be running even the world, but he is not running the universe, he is not running the human heart. View quote
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That is someone who follows the teachings of the nonviolent Jesus and takes the gospel personally, and then pays the price. I fall into that category. View quote
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When I reached adulthood, even now, I could afford to belong to a country club. But I could never belong to a private club because of my experience as a child, because it would isolate me from the whole of humanity. View quote
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I never went to college when I was young and am looking forward to giving it a try... at age 65! (Martin Sheen)
I started caddying when I was nine years old at a very exclusive country club in Dayton, Ohio. And I saw how the other half lived, if you will. View quote
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We think of violence as being conflict and fighting and wars and so forth, but the most ongoing horrific measure of violence is in the horrible poverty of the Third World... and the poverty in the United States as well. View quote
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What we try to say is that it doesn't matter if you are a Republican or a Democrat or conservative or independent. You are equally responsible for your place in the culture, and you must make a contribution, and you must accept responsibility for what goes down on your watch. View quote
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You never know when you are doing something that is affecting someone. View quote
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