“Al Gore's problem, in my view, is that he never liked politics. He's actually deeply uncomfortable in it but felt he had to do it because of his father. He's much more comfortable in a private sector role and has, in fact, been much more successful in a private sector role, and I admire him for that.” FactsProblemFatherFeltViewsRolesSuccessfulComfortableAdmireUncomfortableAlsGorePrivate Sector Author:Andrew Sullivan
“Though he avoided outright endorsement of the view, fifth-century Church Father Saint Augustine was clearly familiar with the theory of the spherical earth: "They [those who believe that "there are men on the other side of the earth"] fail to observe that even if the world is held to be global or rounded in shape, or if some process of reasoning should prove this to be the case, it would still not necessarily follow that the land on the opposite side is not covered by masses of water."” IfsMenWorldShouldBelieveStillsEarthFatherProcessSidesWaterChurchViewsCasesFailingLandCenturyTheoryShapesProveMassOppositesSaintFamiliarReasoningCoveredFifthAvoidedEndorsementsAugustineChurch Fathers Author:Saint Augustine
“My father insisted that I learnt the Koran and encouraged me to understand the basic traditions and beliefs of Islam but without imposing any particular views. He was an overwhelming personality but open-minded and liberal.” FatherBeliefViewsParticularPersonalityTraditionIslamOverwhelmingOpen MindedImposing Author:Aga Khan III
“When I was young, my father was lord Of a small kingdom: a wife, a garden, Kids for whom his word was Word. It took years for my view to harden, To shrink him to human size.” YearsHumansKidsYoungFatherViewsLordWifeGardenSizeKingdomsShrinks Author:Tracy K. Smith
“There are two visions of America. One precedes our founding fathers and finds its roots in the harshness of our Puritan past. It is very suspicious of freedom, uncomfortable with diversity hostile to science, unfriendly to reason, contemptuous of personal autonomy. It sees America as a religious nation. It views patriotism as allegiance to God. It secretly adores coercion and conformity. Despite our constitution, despite the legacy of the Enlightenment, it appeals to millions of Americans and threatens our freedom.” TwoReasonAmericaPastFatherNationsReligiousViewsVisionMillionsAtheismDiversityEnlightenmentRootsConstitutionDespiteAppealsLegacyUncomfortableConformityAdoreFoundingHostileAutonomySuspiciousCoercionAllegianceOur Founding FathersPuritanHarshnessUnfriendlyContemptuous Author:Sherwin Wine
“Heavenly Father is more liberal in His views, and boundless in His mercies, than we are ready to believe or receive.” BelieveFatherViewsReadyMercyHeavenlyBoundlessHeavenly Father Author:Joseph Smith, Jr.
“I believe the American people are more concerned with a man's views and abilities than with the church to which he belongs. I believe the founding fathers meant it when they provided in Article VI of the Constitution that there should be no religious test for public office. And I believe that the American people mean to adhere to those principles today.” PeopleMenShouldBelieveMeanTodayFatherI BelieveChurchReligiousAbilityViewsPrinciplesAtheismOfficeConcernedTestsConstitutionPositive AtheismArticlesFoundingPublic Office Author:John F. Kennedy
“To later Romans Ennius was the personification of the spirit of early Rome; by them he was called "The Father of Roman Poetry." We must remember how truly Greek he was in his point of view. He set the example for later Latin poetry by writing the first epic of Rome in Greek hexameter verses instead of in the old Saturnian verse. He made popular the doctrines of Euhemerus, and he was in general a champion of free thought and rationalism.” WritingFirstsMadeRememberSpiritFatherViewsExamplePoint Of ViewDoctrineGreekChampionLatinRomeVersesEpicRationalismFree ThoughtPersonification Author:Quintus Ennius