The Church doesn't censor. It tries to guide its faithful through catechism.

In fact, effective solidarity with the poor, both individual persons and entire nations, is indispensable for the construction of peace.

However, it must always remain a dialogue, and never an imposition of the church's own convictions and methods. Propose, not impose. To serve, and not to dominate.

The church, inserted and active in human society and in history, does not exist in order to exercise political power or to govern the society.

The faith must express itself in charity and in solidarity, which is the civil form of charity.

A church of dialogue in the contemporary world... a church, taking on the mission of Jesus, which is in the world not to judge humanity, but to love it and to save it.

The church must constantly promote dialogue.

In fact, a large majority of those have died and of those expected to die of AIDS, as well as of those who are infected with the virus, are in sub-Saharan Africa.

We know that social exclusion is closely tied to the new economic world order, globalized, with free and open markets, which isn't bringing prosperity or social justice to all.

We see violence to forcibly seize land, at any price, murders and corruption.

John Paul II made it clear that... liberation theology based on the teaching of Jesus Christ was necessary, but liberation theology that used a Marxist analysis was unacceptable.

All I need is you even though I don't know if I can have you.

Every TODAY has a better version, called TOMORROW.

If I were a writer and not a singer in 10 years, I don't know how I'd feel about writing really personal songs and getting someone else to sing them.

Once the fight is on-strike quickly and often.

I came to town thinking that everybody had the same idea of what country music was that I did.

At a certain point, you have to stop being precious with your material and be cruel and harsh and judgmental.

Rather than go to the gym, I would prefer to do martial arts because the time goes by quicker

It's rewarding to know that a song is doing more than just helping someone to have a nice day: it's actually leaving a deposit in their lives.

I know my body better than anything, better than anybody.

I'm one of those actors who likes to do it wrong nine ways before I come to the tenth way, which is the way I think it should be.