Skip to content

Portrait of John C. Danforth

John C. Danforth

Writer

19 quotes in 172 categories

John C. Danforth was a writer, best known for Resurrection.

Quick Facts About John C. Danforth

Died: November 30, 1854
Profession: Writer
Notable works: Resurrection

About John C. Danforth

John Claggett Danforth is an American politician, attorney, diplomat, and Episcopal priest who served as the attorney general of Missouri from 1969 to 1976 and as a United States senator from 1976 to 1995. A member of the Republican Party, he later served as special counsel for the U.S. Department of Justice from 1999 to 2000 and as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 2004 to 2005.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by John C. Danforth

We are seekers of the truth, but we do not embody the truth. And in humility, we should recognize that the same…

John C. Danforth

Ardent

Image

It is concern that precedes and inspires agendas, and survives when agendas fail, and it causes us to try again, always trying…

John C. Danforth

Agendas

Image

I have never seen more Senators express discontent with their jobs....I think the major cause is that, deep down in our hearts,…

John C. Danforth

Accomplices

Image

I think a lot of us share a fear that we and people we love will lose control of our own destinies…

John C. Danforth

Destiny

Image

In the Middle East, Iraq, Sudan, the former Yugoslavia and Northern Ireland, and many other places in the world, religion has been…

John C. Danforth

Believe

Image

I was to Japanese visitors to Washington what the Mona Lisa is to Americans visiting Paris.

John C. Danforth

Paris

Image

Japan is a great nation. It should begin to act like one.

John C. Danforth

Japan

Image

The old adage that polite conversation should not include talk of politics or religion is understandable because both subjects are so heavily…

John C. Danforth

Adages

Image

The Senate is indeed a deliberative body, and that quality serves the nation well. A slow-moving government helps us maintain a stable…

John C. Danforth

Body

Image

We have a God-given commission, but it is not a commission to be self-righteous know-it-alls- quite the contrary. Our work in God's…

John C. Danforth

Acknowledgment

Image

The loudest voices we hear are those who advocate conflict, divisiveness.

John C. Danforth

Advocating

Image

The starting point is the recognition that throughout history, religion has been a cause of bloodshed, and it remains so today. Because…

John C. Danforth

Bloodshed

Image

As a senator, I worried every day about the size of the federal deficit. I did not spend a single minute worrying…

John C. Danforth

Deficit

Image

When we vest our personal opinions with the trappings of religion, we make religion the servant of our politics.

John C. Danforth

Opinion

Image

Plenty of kind, decent, caring people have no religious beliefs, and they act out of the goodness of their hearts. Conversely, plenty…

John C. Danforth

Atheism

Image

The Federal Reserve bank buys government bonds without one penny...

John C. Danforth

Banking

Image

Today it seems to be the other way around.

John C. Danforth

Inspirational

Image

Many, if not most, Americans can imagine a fate worse than death, and it is a seemingly interminable process of dying. For…

John C. Danforth

Death

Image

The problem is not that Christians are conservative or liberal, but that some are so confident that their position is God's position…

John C. Danforth

Christian

Image