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We're never going to have a perfect candidate unless Jesus Christ is on the ballot.

Politicians are wonderful people as long as they stay away from things they don't understand, such as working for a living.

Jesus said, 'Judge not, lest ye be judged.' Let's stop trying to choose the political leaders who we believe are the most godly because, in reality, only God knows people's hearts. You and I don't, and we are all sinners.

We are all imperfect. We can not expect perfect government.

Remember, it is not about voting for the perfect candidate - there is no such thing. Presidents are human.

God has called us to be His representatives in our nation and in our world. Select candidates who represent your views and work for their election.

We're not perfect, but we do have democracy.

In all the things I've gone through as a politician, I have seen that in this system it is really very difficult to make any headway without being somehow tainted. And let me say, 'Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.'

Politics is a place of humble hopes and strangely modest requirements, where all are good who are not criminal and all are wise who are not ridiculously otherwise.

This is me, a sinner on whom the Lord has turned his gaze. And this is what I said when they asked me if I would accept my election as pontiff. I am a sinner, but I trust in the infinite mercy and patience of our Lord Jesus Christ, and I accept in a spirit of penance.