Michael Huffington quotes

“We can't possibly fight all the terrorists in all the countries where they exist because we don't have the money or manpower to do so.”
-- Michael Huffington

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“The world that we live in is full of distractions and pleasures that pull us away from a spiritual life. Even our jobs which are a very necessary and important part of our lives can end up being the altar at which we pray. They consume most of our waking hours and provide the income on which we are dependent in order to take care of our families.”
-- Michael Huffington

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“It is important for those of us who are Christian to remember that our physical lives don't last forever. Our souls will last an eternity, and thus we should place even more emphasis on the health of our souls than the health of our bodies.”
-- Michael Huffington

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“In so many things, growth comes from adversity.”
-- Michael Huffington

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“When we die our money, fame, and honors will be meaningless. We own nothing in this world. Everything we think we own is in reality only being loaned to us until we die. And on our deathbed at the moment of death, no one but God can save our souls.”
-- Michael Huffington

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“A surgeon will cut off a limb in order to protect the body from disease. And a commander-in-chief should pull out of a war that cannot be won in order to protect a nation.”
-- Michael Huffington

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“We spend more time at cinemas, theaters, art galleries and theme parks than we do at churches, and they have become our new cathedrals. We can spend hours at any of these places of entertainment but if church service goes on too long we get impatient.”
-- Michael Huffington

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“None of us are perfect, and we all make mistakes. But the American people are a very forgiving people.”
-- Michael Huffington

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“While we welcome people of all faiths in America we cannot be so naïve as to expect all countries to do the same. But we cannot allow their cultural mores to snuff out our religious freedoms or the freedom of women to have equal rights.”
-- Michael Huffington

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“Sport is how poor kids from poor countries pass through the eye of the needle to riches and recognition.”

“God requires no person to spend his or her life reiterating the gospel to people who will not receive it. He wants everyone to have an opportunity to hear. Then He would have us move on to other areas. The mistake of the church has been that she sits down to convert all the people in one country to the neglect of the great masses who have never had the chance to hear the gospel - not even once!”

“I think in this country we're committed to developing plays, and many plays I've seen have been rewritten too much. The scenes are tight, the play ends at the right time, you know exactly what the scene is about, but it seems flat; you can almost see that too many hands have been on the play. The individual voice is gone.”

“When you take a tree that is rooted in the ground, and transfer it from one place to another, the tree will no longer bear fruit. And if it does, the fruit will not be as good as it was in its original place. This is a rule of nature. I think if I had left my country, I would be the same as the tree.”

“Bismarck fought 'necessary' wars and killed thousands, the idealists of the twentieth century fight 'just' wars and kill millions.”

“If I had a life with Woods to look forward to I knew I could fight whatever darkness that tried to take me. Before Woods, I didnt know what I was living for. In my search to find myself, Id found so much more. I knew now why I wanted to live. I understood love. I had found it.”

“At the same time the Muslims are commanded to exercise self-restraint as much as possible. Force is a dangerous weapon. It may have to be used for self-defense or self-preservation, but we must always remember that self-restraint is pleasing in the eyes of Allah. Even when we are fighting, it should be for a principle not out of passion.”

“In fact, this is a blackmail of the terrorists at the expense of the suffering of the hostages.”

Source : Interview With Lucia Newman, www.cnn.com. January 8, 1997.

“Waterboarding is how we baptize terrorists.”

Source : "Sarah Palin talks waterboarding, guns at NRA convention". Sarah Palin's speech at the National Rifle Association's annual convention, www.cbsnews.com. April 26, 2014.

“A terrorist can attack any time, any place using any technique and you can't defend everywhere against every technique at every moment.”