"The Reverend Jeremiah Wright would baptize Obama, perform……" — Nancy Gibbs
"The Reverend Jeremiah Wright would baptize Obama, perform his marriage to Michelle LaVaughn Robinson, baptize their daughters, and draw him into the raucous, restless family of faith that Obama had never known before."
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104 Quotes by Nancy Gibbs
Nancy Gibbs has 104 quotes on this site.
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For the truly faithful, no miracle is necessary. For those who doubt, no miracle is sufficient.
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If Heaven is willing to sing to us, it is little to ask that we be ready to listen.
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Maybe as times get worse we get better. Our pain makes us feel other people's too; our fear lets us…
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Lyndon Johnson realized he really was President, that his identity had changed by President Kennedy's shocking death, when aides who…
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If the Presidents Club had a seal, around the ring would be three words: cooperation, competition, and consolation. On the…
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Eisenhower had run the Army; he knew all the ways decision making can go off the rails, and insisted on…
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You know, when a president is about to leave office, most of the time most people are dying for him…
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Nixon urged Clinton to maintain his relationship with Yeltsin but make contact with other democrats in Russia. He warned Clinton…
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Praise of blame in the moment means little: it is how their decisions play out over time that matters, and…
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Eisenhower advocated a variety of strong actions which he had never taken when he was president. Maybe this was just…
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In his final remarks to the White House staff, on the day he resigned his office, Nixon applied a version…
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You must get courageous men, men of strong views and let them debate and argue with each other.
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More Baptize Quotes
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You see how many are the benefits of baptism, and some think its heavenly grace consists only in the remission…
— Saint John Chrysostom
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Because of this basin of repentance and knowledge of God, which has been ordained for the transgression of God's people,…
— Justin Martyr
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You might as well baptize a bag of sand as a man, if not done in view of the remission…
— Joseph Smith, Jr.
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Baptize first the children; and if they can speak for themselves, let them do so. Otherwise, let their parents or…
— Hippolytus of Rome
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The priest has just baptized you a Christian with water; and I baptize you a Frenchman, daring child, with a…
— Paul Claudel
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Wherever the bishop shall appear, let the multitude of also be, just as wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the…
— Ignatius of Antioch
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Whereas there can be but one Baptism, they think they can Baptize; they have abandoned the fountain of life, yet…
— Cyprian
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Clearly, when we baptize, our eyes should gaze beyond the baptismal font to the holy temple. The great garner into…
— Neal A. Maxwell
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Only baptize them if you truly believe these people are ready, taking a little more time if necessary so the…
— Richard G. Scott
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Consider the problem of taking showers with Christians. They are, after all, constantly going on about the business of witnessing…
— Stanley Hauerwas
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Somewhere along the way we have subtly and tragically taken the costly command of Christ to go, baptize, and teach…
— David Platt
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Well, if I were in charge, they would know that waterboarding is how we baptize terrorists.
— Sarah Palin
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