Quotes by Keith O'brien - Page 1

I might be celibate, but I appreciate the wonder of the sacrament of marriage.
Keith O'brien / Cardinal
Marriage
Appreciate
Might
Wonder
Celibate
Sacrament
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No Government has the moral authority to dismantle the universally understood meaning of marriage.
Keith O'brien / Cardinal
Government
Authority
Moral
Moral Authority
Understood
Dismantle
Meaning
Meaning Of
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I've liked women but I've never felt I wanted to give up my life completely. I've never wanted to go to bed with anybody.
Keith O'brien / Cardinal
Bed
Giving Up
Wanted
Life Women My Life
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To increase aid to the Pakistan government when religious freedom is not upheld is tantamount to an anti-Christian foreign policy.
Keith O'brien / Cardinal
Government
Christian
Foreign Policy
Increase
Pakistan
Religious
Religious Freedom
Aid
Foreign
Tantamount
Upheld
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There was no pomp and ceremony in connection with the birth of Jesus - rather the opposite: it took place in simplicity and in poverty.
Keith O'brien / Cardinal
Jesus
Birth
Ceremony
Opposites
Poverty
Simplicity
Opposite
Connection
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I hope that increasing numbers of Christians adopt the practice of wearing a cross in a simple and discreet way as a symbol of their beliefs.
Keith O'brien / Cardinal
Christian
Discreet
Numbers
Practice
Simple
Adopt
Beliefs
Christians
Cross
Wearing
Increasing
Symbol
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There is no doubt that, as a society, we have become blase about the importance of marriage as a stabilising influence and less inclined to prize it as a worthwhile institution.
Keith O'brien / Cardinal
Doubt
Importance
Influence
Institutions
No Doubt
Prize
Worthwhile
Inclined
Institution
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My message to David Cameron, as the head of our government, is to seriously think again about this Robin Hood tax, the tax to help the poor by taking a little bit from the rich.
Keith O'brien / Cardinal
Government
Cameron
Hood
Messages
Robin Hood
Thinking
Tax
Government Rich Poor
David
Robin
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If marriage can be redefined so that it no longer means a man and a woman but two men or two women, why stop there? Why not allow three men or a woman and two men to constitute a marriage?
Keith O'brien / Cardinal
Men
Mean
Two
Why Not
Men Women Marriage
Constitute
Women Men Marriage
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The church's teaching on marriage is unequivocal, it is uniquely, the union of a man and a woman and it is wrong that governments, politicians or parliaments should seek to alter or destroy that reality.
Keith O'brien / Cardinal
Men
Reality
Teaching
Unequivocal
Alter
Destroy
Politicians
Governments
Seek
Union
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Whatever flaws or personal failings afflict them, it remains the case that the overwhelming majority of priests and politicians are honourable and honest - seeking to live out their beliefs and serve society.
Keith O'brien / Cardinal
Society
Belief
Honest
Majority
Overwhelming
Priests
Remains
Seeking
Afflict
Beliefs
Case
Politicians
Whatever
Failings
Personal
Serve
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Same-sex marriage would eliminate entirely in law the basic idea of a mother and a father for every child. It would create a society which deliberately chooses to deprive a child of either a mother or a father.
Keith O'brien / Cardinal
Children
Mother
Sex
Basic
Chooses
Deliberately
Deprive
Eliminate
Entirely
Same-Sex
Same-Sex Marriage
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Perhaps more than ever before, there is that aggressive secularism and there are those who would indeed try to destroy our Christian heritage and culture and take God from the public square. Religion must not be taken from the public square.
Keith O'brien / Cardinal
Aggressive
Christian
Heritage
Secularism
Squares
Taken
Destroy
Indeed
Square
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In Scotland, Catholics have raised their voices against sectarianism and intolerance directed against the Church. Clearly, these actions show that freedom of religious expression, a basic human right, is not upheld in our midst as widely and as completely as it should be.
Keith O'brien / Cardinal
Church
Intolerance
Midst
Raised
Religious
Scotland
Sectarianism
Voice
Actions
Freedom Human Right
Basic
Catholics
Clearly
Directed
Human Right
Upheld
Voices
Widely
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Our Prime Minister, Gordon Brown has given the Government's support to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill. It is difficult to imagine a single piece of legislation which, more comprehensively, attacks the sanctity and dignity of human life than this particular Bill.
Keith O'brien / Cardinal
Government
Dignity
Human Life
Legislation
Pieces
Prime Minister
Sanctity
Support
Attacks
Bill
Gordon
Minister
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Clearly, if it is sensible to hold a referendum on independence, it is crucial that we have one on marriage. It is the only way the country can move forward on this issue. Let all those who have a view on this subject place their trust in the Scottish people and let Scotland decide.
Keith O'brien / Cardinal
Independence
Country
Crucial
Issues
Moving
Scotland
Sensible
Move Forward
Referendum
Subject
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Redefining marriage will have huge implications for what is taught in our schools, and for wider society. It will redefine society since the institution of marriage is one of the fundamental building blocks of society. The repercussions of enacting same-sex marriage into law will be immense.
Keith O'brien / Cardinal
Marriage
Block
Building Blocks
Huge
Immense
Implications
Repercussions
School
Sex
Taught
Blocks
Fundamental
Institution
Redefine
Same-Sex
Same-Sex Marriage
Schools
Wider
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I know that many of you do wear such a cross of Christ, not in any ostentatious way, not in a way that might harm you at your work or recreation, but a simple indication that you value the role of Jesus Christ in the history of the world, that you are trying to live by Christ's standards in your own daily life.
Keith O'brien / Cardinal
Jesus
Easter
Christ
Daily Life
Harm
Indication
Jesus Christ
Ostentatious
Recreation
Roles
Simple
Standards
Trying
Life Work History
Cross
Daily
Wear
Role
To Live By
Value
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In Scotland over many years we have cultivated through our justice system what I hope can be described as a 'culture of compassion.' On the other hand, there still exists in many parts of the U.S., if not nationally, an attitude towards the concept of justice which can only be described as a 'culture of vengeance.'
Keith O'brien / Cardinal
Attitude
Compassion
Hands
Scotland
Vengeance
Concept
Cultivated
Exists
Towards
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