Quotes by John C. Danforth

John C. Danforth

As a senator, I worried every day about the size of the federal deficit. I did not spend a single minute worrying about the effect of gays on the institution of marriage. Today it seems to be the other way around.

Gay

Today

Worry

I have never seen more Senators express discontent with their jobs….I think the major cause is that, deep down in our hearts, we have been accomplices in doing something terrible and unforgivable to our wonderful country. Deep down in our heart, we know that we have given our children a legacy of bankruptcy. We have defrauded our country to get ourselves elected.

Country

Jobs

Money

I think a lot of us share a fear that we and people we love will lose control of our own destinies at the end of life.

Destiny

People

Thinking

I was to Japanese visitors to Washington what the Mona Lisa is to Americans visiting Paris.

Paris

Visiting

Visitors

In the Middle East, Iraq, Sudan, the former Yugoslavia and Northern Ireland, and many other places in the world, religion has been so divisive that people have killed one another, believing they were doing the work of God.

Believe

World Religions

Yugoslavia

It is concern that precedes and inspires agendas, and survives when agendas fail, and it causes us to try again, always trying our best, never certain about our own judgment. It is knowing that God’s purpose exceeds whatever we can put in an agenda.

Always Trying

Inspire

Knowing

Japan is a great nation. It should begin to act like one.

Japan

Nations

Should

Many, if not most, Americans can imagine a fate worse than death, and it is a seemingly interminable process of dying. For them, it is frightening that politicians can find ways to interject themselves into this sad process.

Dying

Fate

Way

Plenty of kind, decent, caring people have no religious beliefs, and they act out of the goodness of their hearts. Conversely, plenty of people who profess to be religious, even those who worship regularly, show no particular interest in the world beyond themselves.

Caring

Heart

Religious

The Federal Reserve bank buys government bonds without one penny.

Banking

Government

Pennies

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Advocating

Always Trying

Banking

Believe

Blood

Caring

Christian

Conflict

Conservative

Country

Destiny

Dying

Emotion

Fate

Gay

Government

Heart

Humility

Inspire

Japan

Jobs

Knowing

Money

Moving

Nations

Opinion

Paris

Pennies

People

Personal Opinions

Problem

Quality

Religious

Rivals

Said

Self

Should

Thinking

Today

Two

Vests

Visiting

Visitors

Voice

Way

World

World Religions

Worry

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Quotes by John C. Danforth

John C. Danforth

As a senator, I worried every day about the size of the federal deficit. I did not spend a single minute worrying about the effect of gays on the institution of marriage. Today it seems to be the other way around.

I think a lot of us share a fear that we and people we love will lose control of our own destinies at the end of life.

I was to Japanese visitors to Washington what the Mona Lisa is to Americans visiting Paris.

In the Middle East, Iraq, Sudan, the former Yugoslavia and Northern Ireland, and many other places in the world, religion has been so divisive that people have killed one another, believing they were doing the work of God.

It is concern that precedes and inspires agendas, and survives when agendas fail, and it causes us to try again, always trying our best, never certain about our own judgment. It is knowing that God’s purpose exceeds whatever we can put in an agenda.

Japan is a great nation. It should begin to act like one.

Many, if not most, Americans can imagine a fate worse than death, and it is a seemingly interminable process of dying. For them, it is frightening that politicians can find ways to interject themselves into this sad process.

Plenty of kind, decent, caring people have no religious beliefs, and they act out of the goodness of their hearts. Conversely, plenty of people who profess to be religious, even those who worship regularly, show no particular interest in the world beyond themselves.

The Federal Reserve bank buys government bonds without one penny.

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