A Quote by Shelley Berkley

An ambassador for peace, Pope John Paul II stood steadfast against communism and condemned discrimination against all people.

Shelley Berkley

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Shelley Berkley
American - Politician
Born: January 20, 1951

Pope John Paul II not only visited Nigeria twice but stood by the country in its fight against dictatorship and injustice.

Olusegun Obasanjo

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

Pope John Paul II stands like a rock against all opposition in his clear enunciation of the foundational principles of the Christian faith.

Pat Robertson

The death of Pope John Paul II led many of different faiths and of no faith to acknowledge their debt to the Roman Catholic Church for holding on to absolutes that the rest of us can measure ourselves against.

Suzanne Fields

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

Billy Graham

We have lost a very important religious figure who dedicated his life to peace and justice for all. [on the death of Pope John Paul II

Mahmoud Abbas

[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

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

Chris Matthews

Long before there was discrimination against blacks, there was discrimination against white southerners. When large numbers of these country people moved north during World War II, they were aggressively excluded from neighborhoods, jobs, and homes - not because of their skin color, but their accents.

Ann Coulter

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

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

Paul Krassner

Pope John Paul II was a man of peace, a friend of the Jewish nation... and worked for the historic reconciliation between the nations and for the renewal of diplomatic ties between Israel and the Vatican at the end of 1993.

Ariel Sharon

Pope John Paul II brought hope to all corners of the world, to people of all faiths and backgrounds, with his powerful belief in the human spirit.

Jerry Costello

Even if [the Pope an incarnate devil], we ought not to raise up our heads against him, but calmly lie down to rest on his bosom... He who rebels against our Father is condemned to death, for that which we do to him we do to Christ: we honor Christ if we honor the Pope; we dishonor Christ if we dishonor the Pope.