Francis Spellman

“We ask for our separated brethren what we ask for ourselves: liberty to worship God according to the dictates of our own conscience.”

“It is not what a man says, but what he does, that matters.”

“This war in Vietnam is, I believe, a war for civilization.”

“There can be no world peace unless there is soul peace.”

“The Catholic Church cannot be neutral when God is denied and religion is persecuted.”

“I am happy to be a rabble-rouser for the poor.”

“Atheistic communism is a menace to religion and to America.”

“The first law of charity is to prevent poverty.”

“Every man is a patriot if he loves his country, fears God, and honors the flag.”

“If we are not our brother's keeper, at least let us not be his executioner.”

“The greatest assets of a nation are its people.”

“No cause is so good that it can be advanced by a lie.”