Quotes from Martin Sheen

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

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.

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.

Money's only something you need in case you don't die tomorrow.

I'm one of those cliff-hanging Catholics. I don't believe in God, but I do believe that Mary was his mother.

If you are on an honest journey to find yourself, you'll find God.

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 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.

We are not asked to do great things. We are asked to do all things with great care.

There is no greater virtue than honesty.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

There's no way that I could be the president. You can't have a pacifist in the White House... I'm an actor. This is what I do for a living.

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.

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

My recovery is the single greatest accomplishment of my life. Without that, the rest of my life would have fallen apart.

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

Find something in your life worth fighting for

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

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.