Quotes by James McGreevey

“At a point in every persons life, one has to look deeply into the mirror of ones soul and decide ones unique truth in the world, not as we may want to see it or hope to see it, but as it is,”

“Given the circumstances surrounding the affair and its likely impact upon my family and my ability to govern, I have decided the right course of action is to resign,”

“For this is an intensely personal decision and not one typically for the public domain, ... Yet, it cannot and should not pass.”

“Firefighters, police officers and state troopers place themselves in harms way every day, every week, every year,”

“There is no more fundamental obligation of a government than to protect those who cannot protect themselves: namely, our children. The failure of government in this instance to safeguard the health and welfare of these children is beyond excuse, it is sickening,”

“There is no more fundamental obligation of a government than to protect those who cannot protect themselves -- namely, our children. The failure of government in this instance to safeguard the health and welfare of these children is beyond excuse, it is sickening,”

“It was a mistake, a tragic mistake.”

“for being a gay American but rather for having let personal feelings impact my decision-making.”

“concerned about emergency vehicles.”

“God forbid whether that emergency vehicle itself possesses a dangerous substance, or it answers the call -- say for example -- of an explosion and that vehicle itself possessed weaponry, weapons of mass destruction, [or] gas that may produce some further damage,”

I try to be grateful for the abundance of the blessings that I have, for the journey that Im on and to relish each day as a gift.

The arc of American history almost inevitably moves toward freedom. Whether its Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation, the expansion of womens rights or, now, gay rights, I think there is an almost-inevitable march toward greater civil liberties.

The history of America is to expand civil liberties in a responsible and civil manner. We need to remember that our wonderful Democracy with its freedoms has been working.

Im grateful for my brokenness. Im grateful for my humility.

I realized that my truest passion was for helping people change through faith in a higher power. That meant, for me, belonging to the church. Using my abilities to bring Christian doctrine to a postmodern world.

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 and control. Dogma has replaced thoughtful discussion between people of differing views.

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 our egos and all the falsity and shame that goes with it.