Frank Gaffikin Quotes

The only reason the Protestants and Catholics have given up the idea of universal domination is because they've realized they can't get away with it.

There cannot be a permanency in the Constitution of Ireland unless the Protestants of Ireland will lay aside their prejudices, forgo their exclusive preeminence, and gradually open their arms to the Roman Catholics.

It's such a relief to see Catholic and Protestant ministers getting on - that's so rare. And in 'I'd Do Anything,' I've had so much support from folks back home, no matter what side they're on.

In my cabinet at the present moment there sit side by side Catholic and Protestant, Christian and Jew.

There are two traditions in Northern Ireland. There are two main religious denominations. But there is only one true moral denomination. And it wants peace.

For our part, we shall continue to work for the new dawn when all the Children of Abraham and their descendants are living together in the birthplace of their three great monotheistic religions, a life free from fear, a life free from want - a life in peace.

The reality of life in Northern Ireland is that if you were Protestant, you learned British history, and if you were Catholic, you learned Irish history in school.

Today, I, too, wish to reaffirm that I intend to continue on the path toward improved relations and friendship with the Jewish people, following the decisive lead given by John Paul II.

How do we stop ourselves from blowing each other up because we think that God wants us to blow each other up.

We Irishman, Protestant and Catholic, born and bred in a land of religious controversy should never forget that we now live and act in a land of the fullest religious and civil liberties.

Let us get rid of these devilish words, these names of party, of faction, of sedition—Lutheran, Huguenot, Papist—let us keep unadulterated the name of Christian.

The relations between Islam and Christianity, … have often been stormy. Each has been the other’s other….

I believe we don't need to widen the divide between the West and Islam. Rather, we need to build dialogue to encourage tolerance and respect.

The blatant aggressiveness of theocracies I find distressing, because I grew up when Christians, Muslim and animists lived peacefully together.

In America, we're trying to find a peaceful solution in the Middle East and we're not going to be divided along any lines, including religious lines, including ethnic backgrounds.

I just want to play for Hindus and Muslims that sit together. That's all I want to do.

Not every Muslim is out to get us.

We are not at war against Islam.

It would be far better to be of no church than to be bitter of any.

I am not a lover of Israel, of course. I have no reason to be. But I don't hate Jews.

We belong to the camp of peace. We believe in peace. We believe that our one God wishes us to live in peace and wishes peace upon us, for these are His teachings to all the followers of the three great monotheistic religions, the Children of Abraham.

In most cases, my visits to the West are for promotion of human values and religious harmony.

While few religious leaders and scholars would doubt the commonalities that exist among the various religious groups, the followers of these religions unfortunately struggle in their effort to peacefully coexist.

On this land, Muslims, Christians and Jews can coexist together, as they have - as they had for the - for hundreds of years in the framework of a democratic state.

It is very important that the world know that there have been 500 years of peaceful coexistence in Turkey between the Jews and Moslems.