Unknown to most Canadians, as Pope John Paul II was dying, he sent a message to
the present Canadian Prime Minister (Paul Martin), and the past Prime Minister
(Jean Chretien), to come to his home in the Vatican.
When they arrived, they were ushered up to his bedroom. As they entered the
room, the clergyman held out his hands and motioned for them to sit on each side
of the bed. The Pope grasped their hands, sighed contentedly, smiled and stared
at the ceiling. For a time, no one said anything. Both Martin and Chretien were
touched and flattered that the old Pope would ask them to be with him during his
final moment.
They were also puzzled though because the Pope had never given any indication
that he particularly liked either one of them. Finally, Chretien asked, “Odder,
what for did you hask de two of huss to come ’ere?”
The old Pope mustered up some strength, then said weakly, “Jesus died between two
thieves, and that’s how I want to go as well.”
Easter is never deserved. - Jan Karon
I would have made a good Pope. - Richard M Nixon
The great gift of Easter is hope. - Basil C Hume
Politics is war by other measures. - Steve Bannon
There is no gambling like politics. - Benjamin Disraeli
The gun is not out of Irish politics. - Ian Paisley
Crime does not pay as well as politics. - Alfred E. Newman
Intelligence has nothing to do with politics. - Londo Molari
From politics, it was an easy step to silence. - Jane Austen
A politician... one that would circumvent God. - William Shakespeare
Practical politics consists in ignoring facts. - Henry Brooks Adams
Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business. - Winston Churchill
Turn on to politics, or politics will turn on you. - Ralph Nader
Guns have only two enemies - rust and politicians. - Unknown
Politics is the art of controlling your environment. - Hunter S. Thompson
If men were angels, no government would be necessary. - James Madison
The art of government is the organization of idolatry. - George Bernard Shaw
The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia. - Otto von Bismarck
Easter is very important to me, it's a second chance. - Reba McEntire
Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets. - Ronald Reagan
Those have a short Lent who owe money to be paid at Easter. - Benjamin Franklin
In politics, a lie unanswered becomes truth within 24 hours. - Willie Brown
You can't get rich in politics unless you're a crook. - Harry S Truman
Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under. - H L Mencken
Easter is meant to be a symbol of hope, renewal, and new life. - Janine di Giovanni
We have the best government in the world... that money can buy. - Mark Twain
Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians. - Charles de Gaulle
War has rules, mud wrestling has rules - politics has no rules. - Ross Perot
It's a terrible shame that politics has become show business. - Sydney Pollack
History is a tool used by politicians to justify their intentions. - Ted Koppei
For every action, there is an equal and opposite government program. - Bob Wells
An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought. - Simon Cameron
Politics is the chloroform of the Irish people, or, rather the hashish. - Oliver St. John Gogarty
In politics, madame, you need two things: friends, but above all an enemy. - Brian Mulroney
Government can't give us anything without depriving us of something else. - Henry Hazlitt
The police force cannot be completely independent of the executive government. - P Chidambaram
The very first Easter taught us this: that life never ends and love never dies. - Kate McGahan
For I remember it is Easter morn, and life and love and peace are all new born. - Alice F Palmer
A filmmaker we almost lost to politics... my friend and colleague, Warren Beatty. - Jack Nicholson
Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated. - Will Rogers
My mom used to say that Greek Easter was later because then you get stuff cheaper. - Amy Sedaris
The story of Easter is the story of God's wonderful window of divine surprise. - Carl Knudsen
Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business. - Tom Robbins
I love Canada. I am from Canada. I will bash the Canadian government but never Canada. - Jason Priestley
Everyone wants to eat at the government's table, but nobody wants to do the dishes. - Werner Finck
I built my church on Easter services, Christmas Eve services, and Norman Vincent Peale. - Robert H. Schuller
Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song. - Pope John Paul II
Easter is the only time when it's perfectly safe to put all of your eggs in one basket. - Evan Esar
Christ appeared alive on several occasions after the cataclysmic events of that first Easter. - Josh McDowell
A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them. - P.J. O'Rourke
I don't look for much to come out of government ownership as long as we have Democrats and Republicans. - Kin Hubbard
Politics: Poli, a Latin word meaning "many"; and tics, meaning "bloodsucking creatures." - Robin Williams
Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you. - Pericles (430 B.C.)
At present, our country needs women's idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than anywhere else. - Shirley Chisholm
Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men's minds. - Thurgood Marshall
Politics is the only business where doing nothing other than making the other guy look bad is an acceptable outcome. - Mark Warner
It's especially hard if the government is not providing services, or is even conducting ethnic cleansing against you. - Paul Harvey
The Easter egg symbolizes our ability to break out of the hardened, protective shell we've surrounded ourselves with. - Siobhan Shaw
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy. - Groucho Marx
The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men. - Plato
In Mexico, an air-conditioner is called a "politician" because it makes a lot of noise but doesn't work very well. - Len Deighton
We pick politicians by how they look on TV and Miss America on where she stands on the issues. Isn't that a little backwards? - Jay Leno
I am quite sure now that often in matters concerning religion and politics, a man's reasoning powers are not above the monkeys. - Mark Twain
Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first. - Ronald Reagan
Politicians get their power too late, and I think that he has inherited an impossible situation in which he is ill-equipped to deal. - Malcolm Muggeridge
When one may pay out over two million dollars to presidential and Congressional campaigns, the U.S. government is virtually up for sale. - John W. Gardner
A politician should have three hats. One for throwing into the ring, one for talking through, and one for pulling rabbits out of if elected. - Carl Sandburg
NEED now means wanting someone else's money. GREED means wanting to keep your own. COMPASSION is when a politician arranges the transfer. - Joseph Sobran
When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my country. I make up for lost time when I am at home. - Winston Churchill
Regarded simply as a politician, and compared with the other leading political figures of our time, how clean a smell he has managed to leave behind. - Mahatma Gandhi
I would have made a good Pope. - Richard M Nixon
The great gift of Easter is hope. - Basil C Hume
Politics is war by other measures. - Steve Bannon
There is no gambling like politics. - Benjamin Disraeli
The gun is not out of Irish politics. - Ian Paisley
Crime does not pay as well as politics. - Alfred E. Newman
Intelligence has nothing to do with politics. - Londo Molari
From politics, it was an easy step to silence. - Jane Austen
A politician... one that would circumvent God. - William Shakespeare
Practical politics consists in ignoring facts. - Henry Brooks Adams
Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business. - Winston Churchill
Turn on to politics, or politics will turn on you. - Ralph Nader
Guns have only two enemies - rust and politicians. - Unknown
Politics is the art of controlling your environment. - Hunter S. Thompson
If men were angels, no government would be necessary. - James Madison
The art of government is the organization of idolatry. - George Bernard Shaw
The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia. - Otto von Bismarck
Easter is very important to me, it's a second chance. - Reba McEntire
Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets. - Ronald Reagan
Those have a short Lent who owe money to be paid at Easter. - Benjamin Franklin
In politics, a lie unanswered becomes truth within 24 hours. - Willie Brown
You can't get rich in politics unless you're a crook. - Harry S Truman
Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under. - H L Mencken
Easter is meant to be a symbol of hope, renewal, and new life. - Janine di Giovanni
We have the best government in the world... that money can buy. - Mark Twain
Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians. - Charles de Gaulle
War has rules, mud wrestling has rules - politics has no rules. - Ross Perot
It's a terrible shame that politics has become show business. - Sydney Pollack
History is a tool used by politicians to justify their intentions. - Ted Koppei
For every action, there is an equal and opposite government program. - Bob Wells
An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought. - Simon Cameron
Politics is the chloroform of the Irish people, or, rather the hashish. - Oliver St. John Gogarty
In politics, madame, you need two things: friends, but above all an enemy. - Brian Mulroney
Government can't give us anything without depriving us of something else. - Henry Hazlitt
The police force cannot be completely independent of the executive government. - P Chidambaram
The very first Easter taught us this: that life never ends and love never dies. - Kate McGahan
For I remember it is Easter morn, and life and love and peace are all new born. - Alice F Palmer
A filmmaker we almost lost to politics... my friend and colleague, Warren Beatty. - Jack Nicholson
Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated. - Will Rogers
My mom used to say that Greek Easter was later because then you get stuff cheaper. - Amy Sedaris
The story of Easter is the story of God's wonderful window of divine surprise. - Carl Knudsen
Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business. - Tom Robbins
I love Canada. I am from Canada. I will bash the Canadian government but never Canada. - Jason Priestley
Everyone wants to eat at the government's table, but nobody wants to do the dishes. - Werner Finck
I built my church on Easter services, Christmas Eve services, and Norman Vincent Peale. - Robert H. Schuller
Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song. - Pope John Paul II
Easter is the only time when it's perfectly safe to put all of your eggs in one basket. - Evan Esar
Christ appeared alive on several occasions after the cataclysmic events of that first Easter. - Josh McDowell
A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them. - P.J. O'Rourke
I don't look for much to come out of government ownership as long as we have Democrats and Republicans. - Kin Hubbard
Politics: Poli, a Latin word meaning "many"; and tics, meaning "bloodsucking creatures." - Robin Williams
Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you. - Pericles (430 B.C.)
At present, our country needs women's idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than anywhere else. - Shirley Chisholm
Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men's minds. - Thurgood Marshall
Politics is the only business where doing nothing other than making the other guy look bad is an acceptable outcome. - Mark Warner
It's especially hard if the government is not providing services, or is even conducting ethnic cleansing against you. - Paul Harvey
The Easter egg symbolizes our ability to break out of the hardened, protective shell we've surrounded ourselves with. - Siobhan Shaw
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy. - Groucho Marx
The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men. - Plato
In Mexico, an air-conditioner is called a "politician" because it makes a lot of noise but doesn't work very well. - Len Deighton
We pick politicians by how they look on TV and Miss America on where she stands on the issues. Isn't that a little backwards? - Jay Leno
I am quite sure now that often in matters concerning religion and politics, a man's reasoning powers are not above the monkeys. - Mark Twain
Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first. - Ronald Reagan
Politicians get their power too late, and I think that he has inherited an impossible situation in which he is ill-equipped to deal. - Malcolm Muggeridge
When one may pay out over two million dollars to presidential and Congressional campaigns, the U.S. government is virtually up for sale. - John W. Gardner
A politician should have three hats. One for throwing into the ring, one for talking through, and one for pulling rabbits out of if elected. - Carl Sandburg
NEED now means wanting someone else's money. GREED means wanting to keep your own. COMPASSION is when a politician arranges the transfer. - Joseph Sobran
When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my country. I make up for lost time when I am at home. - Winston Churchill
Regarded simply as a politician, and compared with the other leading political figures of our time, how clean a smell he has managed to leave behind. - Mahatma Gandhi
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Identity Theft
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Taking No Chance with the Mother-In-Law
Texas Easter Bunny
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