Chaplains Quotes - Page 2

• Mentioning God in the Pledge of Allegiance is no different in kind than allowing government salaried Chaplains for the military or for the Congress, or including the official motto, In God We Trust, on our currency.

  Orrin Hatch

  Military, Government, Scary

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• Not long ago I heard a Navy chaplain refer to the sage advice of the Apostle to put first things first...If we are to heed the admonition to put first things first...one of the main essentials which lies at the very beginning of civilization is that of security.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Lying, Long Ago, Civilization

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• Communism, being the lay form of Catholicism, and indeed meaning the same thing, has never had any lack of chaplains.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Communism, Form, Catholicism

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Turn pimp, flatterer, quack, lawyer, parson, be chaplain to an atheist, or stallion to an old woman, anything but a poet; for a poet is worse, more servile, timorous and fawning than any I have named.

  William Congreve

  Atheist, Pimp, Atheism

  William Congreve (1785). “Love for Love: A Comedy”, p.8

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• The House of Commons starts its proceedings with a prayer. The chaplain looks at the assembled members with their varied intelligence and then prays for the country.

  Alfred Denning, Baron Denning

  Country, Prayer, House

  Daily Telegraph, October 12, 1989.

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• When I was 14 a chaplain at school gave me a reading list. I read everything and I went back to him with a question: how can you really believe in this stuff?

  A.C. Grayling

  Believe, Reading, School

  "This much I know". Interview with Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. July 4, 2009.

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• You know what, citizens? If you don't have a gun - I'm telling you as a Christian chaplain - sell your clothes, and buy a gun. It's time! The government persecution will be coming against you, and you needs to arm yourselves.

  Gordon Klingenschmitt

  Christian, Gun, Government

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• ...several of the first presidents, including Jefferson and Madison, generally refused to issue public prayers, despite importunings to do so. Under pressure, Madison relented in the War Of 1812, but held to his belief that chaplains shouldn't be appointed to the military or be allowed to open Congress.

  James Madison

  Prayer, Military, War

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• I don't think ministering requires a religious context. The number one thing is that every parent is extremely worried about their kid. Of course, when a chaplain shows up, that can exacerbate this worry rather than calm it.

  John Green

  Religious, Kids, Thinking

  Interview with Jade Chang, www.goodreads.com. December, 2012.

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• We need French chaplains and imams, French-speaking, who learn French, who love France. And who adhere to its values. And also French financing.

  Manuel Valls

  Love, Needs, France

  "Will Secular France’s Quest To Teach Islam Combat Radicalization?" by Chine Labbé, Gilbert Reilhac, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2015.

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• For most people, religion is nothing more than a substitute for a malfunctioning brain.

  Gene Roddenberry

  People, Brain, Substitutes

  "In His Name". Book by E. Christopher Reyes, p. 39, 2010.

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