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
George W Bush is like a bad comic working the crowd, a moron, if you’ll pardon the expression. – Martin Sheen
We live in a very dysfunctional society, and this is a very, very dysfunctional Administration. – 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
No, no, I never despair, because George Bush is not running the universe. He may be running the United States, he may be running the military, he may be running even the world, but he is not running the universe, he is not running the human heart. – Martin Sheen
I am not the President. Instead, I hold an even higher office, that of citizen of the United States. – Martin Sheen
My first civil disobedience arrest for social justice was in 1986 for protesting the SDI. – Martin Sheen
We (actors) don’t really change the world. We reflect it… but Washington really changes the world. – Martin Sheen
It doesn’t really matter how much of the rules or the dogma we accepted and lived by if we’re not really living by the fundamental creed of the Catholic Church, which is service to others and finding God in ourselves and then seeing God in everyone – including our enemies. – 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
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
I still believe in the nonviolent Jesus and the basic human goodness present in all of us. – Martin Sheen
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 never went to college when I was young and am looking forward to giving it a try… at age 65! – 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 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
That is someone who follows the teachings of the nonviolent Jesus and takes the gospel personally, and then pays the price. I fall into that category. – 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
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
On the show, we are not trying to get people to eat their vegetables; we are not trying to get people to become Democrats. We are basically trying to encourage people to get involved with public life so that politics isn’t left to the wealthy and privileged. – Martin Sheen