James McGreevey Quotes

• 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 run from all my life.

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• But being in the closet uniquely assisted me in politics. From my first run for the state legislature until my election as governor, all too often I was not leading but following my best guess at public opinion.

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• Civil union is less than marriage. Marriage is a sacred and valued institution and ought to be afforded equal protection.

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• 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.

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• 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 greater good.

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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.

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• As I climbed the electoral ladder – from state assemblyman to mayor of Woodbridge and finally to governor of New Jersey – political compromises came easy to me because I’d learned how to keep a part of myself innocent of them.

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• 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, many library card catalogues didn’t even list ‘homosexuality’ as a topic.

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

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•  I was convinced I was worth less than my straight peers. I was at best inauthentic, and the longer I went without amending that dishonesty, the more ashamed I felt.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• I’m grateful for my brokenness. I’m grateful for my humility.

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• 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 not for the sake of how it will impact your own lives, but only for the sake of doing the right thing.

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• 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 as a gift.

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•  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.

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• I engaged in an adult consensual affair with another man.

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• I am resigning because my secret leaves the governor’s office vulnerable.

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• I am a gay American.

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• Because of an adulterous affair I shall leave office in November.

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James McGreevey (40)

Birth:	6th August, 1957
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Politician

About

James Edward "Jim" McGreevey was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. He is an American Democratic politician. He served as the 52nd Governor of New Jersey from 2002 until his resignation in 2004. He served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1990 to 1992, as the Mayor of Woodbridge Township from 1991 to 2002 and in the New Jersey Senate from 1994 to 1998. He earned a BA degree from Columbia University in 1978. He earned a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 1981 and a MA degree in education from Harvard University in 1982. He also attended a diploma program in law at the London School of Economics. He attended the General Theological Seminary in New York City to obtain his Master of Divinity degree, a requirement to becoming an Episcopal priest.

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