Martin Sheen Quotes

• 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.

  Martin Sheen

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

  Martin Sheen

• I still believe in the nonviolent Jesus and the basic human goodness present in all of us.

  Martin Sheen

• 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.

  Martin Sheen

• 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.

  Martin Sheen

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

  Martin Sheen

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

  Martin Sheen

• 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.

  Martin Sheen

• 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.

  Martin Sheen

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

  Martin Sheen

• 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.

  Martin Sheen

• I am not the President. Instead, I hold an even higher office, that of citizen of the United States.

  Martin Sheen

• 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.

  Martin Sheen

• Golf is fundamentally about being honest. I see people hit eight shots and tell me they shot five. I never say a word. It is a reminder to me of what is at stake.

  Martin Sheen

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

  Martin Sheen

• 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.

  Martin Sheen

• Don’t invade Iraq. Inspections work, war won’t.

  Martin Sheen

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

  Martin Sheen

• 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.

  Martin Sheen

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Birth:	3rd August, 1940
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Activist, Actor

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