Bono Quotes

The church ... is not the master or the servant of the state, but rather the conscience of the state.

It is our responsibility to speak on social and moral issues for the instruction of the church and its members.

The oppressed must never allow the conscience of the oppressor to slumber. Religion reminds every man that he is his brother's keeper.

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.

Since politics fundamentally should be a moral enterprise, the church in this sense has something to say about politics.

The role of the church and the government are fundamentally different. The church must always show compassion - always.

I don't know if the term 'liberation theology,' which can be interpreted in a very positive sense, will help us much. What's important is the common rationality to which the church offers a fundamental contribution, and which must always help in the education of conscience, both for public and for private life.

The Church must actualize, be present in the public debate, in our struggle for a true concept of liberty and peace.

It is foolish to view realism and idealism as incompatible or to consider our power and wealth as encumbered by the demands of justice, morality, and conscience.

You have to have people who prick the consciences of the nation.

I do feel a need as a Mormon to speak out against things that are hurting people.

Conscience is the spiritual, supernatural principle in man, and it is not of social origin at all. It is rather the perversion and confusion of conscience that is of social origin.

It is the church's job, as Dr. [Martin Luther] King says, to be the conscience of the state, not the chaplain of the state.

The wealthy have a responsibility to invest in addressing inequality. This is especially true when constraints on others are so great.

Science is a magnificent force, but it is not a teacher of morals. It can perfect machinery, but it adds no moral restraints to protect society from the misuse of the machine. It can also build gigantic intellectual ships, but it constructs no moral rudders for the control of storm tossed human vessel.

If you're going to have a free economy, one in which the ordinary citizen can dispose of his own income, you're going to have people who dispose of it in an anti-social way.

For me, what's the old expression, 'Comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable,' that's really what religion is good at when it is done right. And the truth is, so is television.

Government has crowded out the role of many social institutions, including the Church, that have been a great force for good in public life.

The church should lead on issues of housing and affordability.

When you see corruption, when you see injustice, you speak up. You don't just shut up and say it's none of my business.

Since the Church is to be servant to the poor, it is our fault if that wealth is not channeled to help the poor in our world.

A new business model based on old principles of social justice where people matter - now that's a revolutionary way to reduce inequality.

If the church says we will not accept you here or that we will expose you if you are stealing the resources of the country or stealing the resources of a private company or other establishment, where you work, then we would not have the type of problem that we have in this country. If only the church does so - just the church.

If this government is doing the right thing by fighting corruption, the Church should support it.

I don't think equality is intrinsically valuable, meaning in and of itself. I'm not against inequality... if Bill Gates gets another hundred million dollars, it's no skin off my nose.