Blase J. Cupich Quotes
We don't need more divisive language or programs and policies that are going to tear the fabric of the nation apart.
Cupich, Blase J. Statement on the Election. Archdiocese of Chicago, Nov. 2016.
Previously the Federalist Party had virtually self-destructed in ideological bickering and partisanship, even throughout the War of 1812.
His first public speech after being elected President
If we can reach unity between all the components of the people, the canals of terrorism will dry up.
Nouri Kamel Mohammed Hassan al-Maliki. This quotation is very ironic. Maliki was a Shiite Muslim—one of the majority in Iraq that had been ruled by the brutal regime of the minority Sunnis. When the United States invaded Iraq and deposed Saddam Hussein and his Sunni regime. Once elected to office he frequently made statements like this urging a pluralistic society which included the Shiites, the Sunnis, and the Kurds. However he became more and more of a dictator {640493} and did everything possible to discriminate against and oppress the minority Sunnis and Kurds. His statements of ethnic and religious unity were made to keep obtaining American and other international aid.
Blase Joseph Cupich is an American prelate of the Catholic Church, a cardinal who serves as ninth archbishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago.