George J. Mitchell Quotes

Religion should cut politically left and right and not be politically predictable or loyally partisan.

I don't think that any political party should claim Jesus as being a part of a political party.

What we need to affirm is that Jesus is neither a Democrat nor a Republican. Whenever we marry Jesus to a political party, we are committing the sin of idolatry. We are making Jesus into the image of our political party.

if any sect suffered itself to be used for political objects I would meet it by political opposition. In my view church and state should be separate, not only in form, but fact. Religion and politics should not be mingled.

Let God take care of history. Don’t force it by some sort of whacky alliance between the religious right and Israel in order to bring about some Biblical prophesy.

Clergymen should not get involved with politics.

It is now widely believed that God is a conservative.

I'm not a member of any faith community, and I think faith is a deeply personal issue that individuals should deal with in their private lives.

If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.

Faith is important to me. It's important to millions of Australians. It helps to shape who I am. It helps to shape my values. But it must never, never dictate my politics.

Truth is I don't think God on a daily basis. I think politics, science.

If you're going to vote for somebody because you think they have a great faith in God, you'd better be sure that God has faith in them.

World War II proves there's no God.

It's one thing to be religious, but it's another thing to make religion your policy.

Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is.

Faith in God's revelation has nothing to do with an ideology which glorifies the status quo.

'Rust' really started with the passing of my dad, and me really looking back inward to my self about where I stand with all things on a faith/religious/spiritual level. And it's really put me on this interesting road and very educational, I might add, road back to understanding the role of faith in God and Christ in my life.

I think that we are at a point in our country where we're trying to decide what role should religion play in the political arena.

While we remain a nation decisively shaped by religious faith, our politics and our culture are, in the main, less influenced by movements and arguments of an explicitly Christian character than they were even five years ago. I think this is a good thing - good for our political culture.

Nobody doubts my partisanship, but a lot of the activity is nonpartisan.

What ever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man.

I don't think God cares a whole lot about the outcome. He cares about the people involved, but I don't think he's a big football fan.

I had hoped God would be neutral.

There's no reason to bring religion into it. I think we ought to have as great a regard for religion as we can, so as to keep it out of as many things as possible.

I don't believe in curses. I believe in God.