Politics and Charity Work
Kilmer made several trips to New Orleans to help in the 2005 Hurricane Katrina disaster relief.
Kilmer is an ardent supporter of Native American affairs and an advocate of environmental protection.
He briefly flirted with running for Governor of New Mexico in 2010, but in the end declined to run.
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Famous quotes containing the words politics, charity and/or work:
“From the beginning, the placement of [Clarence] Thomas on the high court was seen as a political end justifying almost any means. The full story of his confirmation raises questions not only about who lied and why, but, more important, about what happens when politics becomes total war and the truth—and those who tell it—are merely unfortunate sacrifices on the way to winning.”
—Jane Mayer, U.S. journalist, and Jill Abramson b. 1954, U.S. journalist. Strange Justice, p. 8, Houghton Mifflin (1994)
“Reputation is not of enough value to sacrifice character for it.”
—“Miss Clark,” U.S. charity worker. As quoted in Petticoat Surgeon, ch. 9, by Bertha Van Hoosen (1947)
“We must work earnestly in the best light He gives us.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)