Shane Claiborne Quotes

The priest promotes war, and the soldier peace.

Blood is shed over politics, religion and the two in combination.

there is enough treachery, hatred violence absurdity in the average human being to supply any given army on any given day and the best at murder are those who preach against it and the best at hate are those who preach love and the best at war finally are those who preach peace

Holy War is a contradiction of terms.

Religion isn't the cause of wars, it's the excuse.

I'm a Communist by day and a Catholic as soon as it gets dark.

Though we talk peace, we wage war. Sometimes we even wage war in the name of peace. Does that seem paradoxical? Well, war is not afraid of paradoxes.

Religion often is misused for purely power-political goals, including war.

The intersection of religion and world politics has often been a bloody crossroads.

Communism is a religion that is inspired, directed and motivated by the Devil himself who has declared war against Almighty God.

My mother was the sweetest lady who ever lived on this planet, but if you tried to tell her that Jesus wasn't a Christian, she would stomp you to death.

People always make war when they say they love peace.

I'm a lawmaker, but I really don't like laws.

I'm an atheist and I thank God for it.

Political satire became obsolete when they awarded Henry Kissinger the Nobel Peace Prize.

Spirituality in Washington can be more of a - I don't want to say it - but, a networking opportunity. Religion is often used opportunistically in the political conversation.

Jesus is a half-naked guy, hanging, nailed to a cross, and then people wear that around their neck, and then those are the people that are upset about violence in movies.

We cannot be both the world's leading champion of peace and the world's leading supplier of the weapons of war.

My parents are like religious atheists.

I'm a good Catholic girl in the way that Madonna is. In the sense that I'm not that good at all.

Praising the Lord and passing the ammunition are mutually exclusive ideas.

Yes; quaint and curious war is! You shoot a fellow down you'd treat if met where any bar is, or help to half-a-crown.

Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel peace prize.

Religion is interesting because it brings out the best and the worst in humanity. It can be a source of good deeds, whether it's people from different spiritual backgrounds coming together to help other people in need after a crisis. But it's also a cause for war and bloodshed.

The left hand of the right wing.