"I had not been left behind in the parish. I wasnt holding the hands of grieving widows. I wasnt struggling to educate my children. I was pontificating on the great issues of the day in the comfort of a privileged lifestyle."
John Claggett Danforth is an American politician, attorney, diplomat, and Episcopal priest who served as the attorney general of Missouri from 1969 to 1976 and as a United States senator from 1976 to 1995. A member of the Republican Party, he later served as special counsel for the U.S. Department of Justice from 1999 to 2000 and as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 2004 to 2
"The problem is not that Christians are conservative or liberal, but that some are so confident that their position is Gods position that they become dismissive and intolerant toward others and divisive forces in our national life."
John Danforth"We are seekers of the truth, but we do not embody the truth. And in humility, we should recognize that the same can be said about our most ardent foes."
John Danforth"The relationship of faith and politics is not about fashioning religious beliefs into political platforms. It is, instead, the way in which faithful people go about the work of politics. If it were the former, family values could be reduced to legislation, but despite the efforts of Christian conservatives, that is not possible. Family values concern how a person, in my case a political person, values his family, his wife and his children. Is the family, especially the spouse, first on the list of priorities, or is it somewhere down the line?"
John Danforth"I think a lot of us share a fear that we and people we love will lose control of our own destinies at the end of life."
John Danforth"The Senate is indeed a deliberative body, and that quality serves the nation well. A slow-moving government helps us maintain a stable government. But slow moving is not the same as immobile."
John Danforth"Many, if not most, Americans can imagine a fate worse than death, and it is a seemingly interminable process of dying. For them, it is frightening that politicians can find ways to interject themselves into this sad process."
John Danforth