Quotes By Martin Sheen

I don't think that people in America are really given enough information about the Third World.

On the show, we are not trying to get people to eat their vegetables; we are not trying to get people to become Democrats. We are basically trying to encourage people to get involved with public life so that politics isn't left to the wealthy and privileged.

I think President Clinton was probably the brightest President of the 20th century.

George W Bush is like a bad comic working the crowd, a moron, if you'll pardon the expression.

We think of violence as being conflict and fighting and wars and so forth, but the most ongoing horrific measure of violence is in the horrible poverty of the Third World... and the poverty in the United States as well.

No, no, I never despair, because George Bush is not running the universe. He may be running the United States, he may be running the military, he may be running even the world, but he is not running the universe, he is not running the human heart.

I started caddying when I was nine years old at a very exclusive country club in Dayton, Ohio. And I saw how the other half lived, if you will.

I just think that the only way we come to ourselves is through each other.

Well, I think that Catholicism's basic foundation of faith is personal conscience. I think it's between you and God, not you and the Church.

I personally am opposed to abortion, but I will not judge anybody else's right in that regard because I am not a woman and I could never face the actual reality of it.

It is my pleasure to support a candidate who truly reflects our values and highest ideals.

And there are so many people in the third world suffering so horribly right now, and we are so focused on ourselves and our culture that a lot of things are showing up in our culture that are making it impossible for us to focus on others. We're so self-focused.

I do it because I can't seem to live with myself if I do not. I don't know any other way to be. It isn't something you can explain; it is just something that you do; it is something that you are.

We live in a very dysfunctional society, and this is a very, very dysfunctional Administration.

You never know when you are doing something that is affecting someone.

Anybody who plays golf will tell you that you play against yourself.

We (actors) don't really change the world. We reflect it... but Washington really changes the world.

I think the Church is a conduit to God. The Church is not God. And I think that from the very beginning Jesus taught us that.

Future generations are not going to ask us what political party were you in. They are going to ask what did you do about it, when you knew the glaciers were melting.

I honestly do not know if civil disobedience has any effect on the government. I can promise you it has a great effect on the person who chooses to do it.

The key word about The West Wing is show. It is not a reality show. It has nothing to do with reality.

I am a very conscientious golfer. I count every stroke. I learned to play that way. That is the only way I can play. It taught me to be honest. There is no greater virtue than honesty.

I have been accused of being a traitor, and I have been accused of not supporting the military. Nothing could be further from the truth.

It doesn't really matter how much of the rules or the dogma we accepted and lived by if we're not really living by the fundamental creed of the Catholic Church, which is service to others and finding God in ourselves and then seeing God in everyone - including our enemies.

War at this time and in this place is unwelcome, unwise, and simply wrong.

We are the generation that brought the bomb in. We have got to be the generation that should take it out.

I never went to college when I was young and am looking forward to giving it a try... at age 65!

What we try to say is that it doesn't matter if you are a Republican or a Democrat or conservative or independent. You are equally responsible for your place in the culture, and you must make a contribution, and you must accept responsibility for what goes down on your watch.

That is someone who follows the teachings of the nonviolent Jesus and takes the gospel personally, and then pays the price. I fall into that category.

Those years on the golf course as a caddie, boy, those people were something. They were vulgar, some were alcoholics, racist, they were very difficult people to deal with. A lot of them didn't have a sense of humor.