Ron Reagan Quotes

I've always felt like there are certain politicians that wear their religion on their sleeve in a way that you almost feel is disingenuous. I think that your faith has to be first personal. I struggle with those people that preach something and go back behind closed doors and live differently.

Most politicians are not authentic.

So, is Hollywood anti-religion? Not in my opinion. But unlike, say, politicians and preachers who talk faith before going off to speak in tongues to their mistresses, Hollywood just doesn't wear its faith on its sleeve.

It is Hillary's lot in life not to be able to fake it well.

The hardest thing to do in politics is campaign as someone you aren't. People can spot an imposter from a mile away.

It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle or a rich man to enter the kingdom of Heaven, than for a politician to lay aside disguise.

Politicians are part fake, part substance.

Governor Pawlenty's commitment to faith and family is not a product of coaching by campaign consultants.

She was a good Christian woman with a large respect for religion, though she did not, of course, believe any of it was true.

Those who make use of devotion as a means and end generally are hypocrites.

A false man found a religion? Why, a false man cannot build a brick house!

Deep down in me I knowed it was a lie, and He knowed it. You can't pray a lie - I found that out.

A cat won't curry favor even if it's in their best interests to do so. A cat can't be a hypocrite. If more preachers were like cats, this would be a more religious country.

It's still easier to find the correct Hoover bag than to find one pure person, one pure faith, on the globe.

There are quite a few honest songwriters out there writing about relationships and their own personality traits. But for some reason, once they step out of the bedroom, their honesty doesn't seem to come with them.

High rank and soft manners may not always belong to a true heart.

I think that people need to have the courage of their convictions and not be trying to fool people into thinking that they've changed overnight.

If I could believe that this was said sincerely, I could put up with anything.

I think the truth is always interesting, but with politicians, you don't get to see much of that.

One never knows whether people have principles on principle or whether for their own personal satisfaction.

Truth is the silliest thing under the sun. Try to get a living by the Truth and go to the Soup Societies. Heavens! Let any clergyman try to preach the Truth from its very stronghold, the pulpit, and they would ride him out of his church on his own pulpit bannister.

Far too many candidates wear their faith on their sleeve.

The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made.

He does not believe that does not live according to his belief.

I think people are distrustful of politicians and are looking for someone who is telling the truth with no hidden agenda.