As radical cleric Pat Robertson may have made money on making those comments about Chavez I worry a little about whether the bad guys are smarter than we are. Some of his previous quotes would be evidence against that contention though...
On Who Should Be In Charge Here:
"We have enough votes to run the country. And when the people say, 'We've had enough,' we are going to take over." — April 1980 "Washington for Jesus" rally
"I think 'one man, one vote,' just unrestricted democracy, would not be wise. There needs to be some kind of protection for the minority which the white people represent now, a minority, and they need and have a right to demand a protection of their rights." — 700 Club broadcast of March 18th, 1992 on why white South African votes ought to count more than non-white votes.
Pat Robertson — constitutional law expert:
"A Supreme Court ruling is not the Law of the United States. The law of the United Sates is the Constitution, treaties made in accordance with the Constitution, and laws duly enacted by the Congress and signed by the president. And any of those things I would uphold totally with all of my strength, whether I agreed with them or not.... I am bound by the laws of the United States and all 50 states ... [but] I am not bound by any case or any court to which I myself am not a party.... I don't think the Congress of the United States is subservient to the courts.... They can ignore a Supreme Court ruling if they so choose. — Interview in the Washington Post June 27th, 1986"
"The Constitution of the United States, for instance, is a marvelous document for self-government by the Christian people. — 700 Club broadcast of December 30th, 1981"
"Supreme Court decisions are binding in the court systems ... but in terms of general law, which binds every citizen, why should you and I be bound because of the ineptitude, if you will, or the skill of one or more defense lawyers, or the plaintiffs in any particular lawsuit?" — 700 Club broadcast of October 23rd, 1987
On why September 11th happened:
"We have a court that has essentially stuck its finger in God's eye and said we're going to legislate you out of the schools. We're going to take your commandments from off the courthouse steps in various states. We're not going to let little children read the commandments of God. We're not going to let the Bible be read, no prayer in our schools. We have insulted God at the highest levels of our government. And then we say, 'Why does this happen?'
Well, why it's happening is that God Almighty is lifting his protection from us." — 700 Club broadcast of September 13th, 2001
Pat Robertson on gender issues:
"The feminist agenda is not about equal rights for women. It is about a socialist, anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism, and become lesbians." — 1992 fundraising letter
"I know this is painful for the ladies to hear, but if you get married, you have accepted the headship of a man, your husband. Christ is the head of the household and the husband is the head of the wife, and that's the way it is, period." — 700 Club broadcast of January 8th, 1992
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