A Quote by Paul Krassner

Pope John Paul would be more popular if he called himself Pope John Paul George and Ringo.

Paul Krassner

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Paul Krassner
American - Author
Born: April 9, 1932

For us Catholics, John Paul II will be remembered as a traveling Pope ... and we should also remember he preached world peace. When the United States invaded Iraq, for example, John Paul II said it was an illegal and immoral act.

Hugo Chavez

Public opinion aside, it will be up to the future pope to continue John Paul II's journey to sainthood. Many of the late pope's followers believe he is already there.

Chris Matthews

Pope John Paul II's press secretary, who said, See, if only the Pope were Italian, he woulda shot back! Never got a dinner!

Red Buttons

George W. Bush, who said to Pope John Paul II, Give us a visit, and bring the missus. Never got a dinner!

Red Buttons

Pope John Paul didn't die - he pre-boarded.

Christopher Titus

Pope John Paul II was a great presence on the stage. Pope Benedict is a much more gentle and refined person, and I think he benefits greatly from the television close-ups because he wants to engage in a dialogue, in conversation. He wants to put forward his views in a measured, eloquent, rational way.

Vincent Nichols

In the annals of history, few men have left a more positive imprint on the world than Pope John Paul II.

Vito Fossella

The emphasis on the "peripheries" is also a distinctively "Franciscan" way of expressing the pope's respect for untutored popular piety - a respect, I might add, that was shared by St. John Paul II.

George Weigel

John XXI was a very great pope and he's the one who actually corrected the liturgy. He did so because of his friend Jules Isaac, a French Jewish historian who was a friend of John Paul, of John 23rd, and he convinced him and he changed the liturgy, no more Jew, the perfidious Jew and so forth and now, and don't speak any more of the Jews killing Christ. Things have changed.

Elie Wiesel

In life, as in death, Pope John Paul II was one of the most visible people on Earth.

Chris Matthews

Pope John Paul, a man of peace and compassion, was one of the most revered leaders of our time.

Bill Williams

The last person to be beatified by Pope John Paul II was Mother Teresa of Calcutta in 2003.

Chris Matthews

[Without Pope John Paul II] there would be no end of Communism or at least much later, and the end would have been bloody.

Lech Walesa

The pope has been called many things, historic figure, spiritual leader, moral force. But a growing chorus of voices has begun to refer to him as John Paul II the Great, in other words, as a saint.

Chris Matthews

Pope John Paul II was unquestionably the most influential voice for morality and peace in the world during the last 100 years.