James McGreevey Quotes

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• I have two extraordinary daughters, who, I can say proudly, are doing very well in school and in piano. Daughters are a father's joy.
• More than anything else I recall being, or trying very deliberately to be, a perfect child. Not a Goody Two-shoes, but a kid who did…
• My truth is that I am a gay American,
• At different points in my life, I had grappled with the idea of going into the priesthood - in high school or law school. Where…
• I engaged in an adult consensual affair with another man.
• I'm grateful for my brokenness. I'm grateful for my humility.
• Civil union is less than marriage. Marriage is a sacred and valued institution and ought to be afforded equal protection.
• For me, living in the closet corroded my ability to have an honest, open relationship with my God, my loved ones, my constituency and myself.
• I am resigning because my secret leaves the governor's office vulnerable.
• I do not believe that God tortures any person simply for its own sake. I believe that God enables all things to work for the…
• I'm on the board of a national group called Faith in America. It's designed to fight religious-based bigotry.
• No relief was forthcoming from my then-Catholic faith, which said the practice of homosexuality was a 'mortal sin' subject to damnation.
• Being gay is a fundamental part of my being - the core of who I've always been, and the thing that I had repressed and…
• Throughout my life, I have grappled with my own identity, who I am. As a young child, I often felt ambivalent about myself, in fact,…
• As a child, recognizing my difference from other kids, I went to the local public library to try to better understand my reality. Back then,…
• At a point in every person's life, one has to look deeply into the mirror of one's soul and decide one's unique truth in the…
• I try to be grateful for the abundance of the blessings that I have, for the journey that I'm on and to relish each day…
• To be able to love and live in freedom means to be able to make godly decisions. To make godly decisions we have to surrender…
• We need to have a purpose in this life. I'm pleading with you, I'm begging with you to do the right thing. And do it…
• We are losing sight of civility in government and politics. Debate and dialogue is taking a back seat to the politics of destruction and anger…

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