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39 quotes by James McGreevey

James Edward "Jim" McGreevey (born August 6, 1957) is an American seminarian, politician and member of the Democratic Party from the state of New Jersey. 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 was the Democratic nominee for Governor of New Jersey in 1997 but was narrowly defeated by Republican incumbent Christine Todd...
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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... →

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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... →

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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... →

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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... →

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We need to seek wise leaders who will seek common ground among Americans instead of dividing us further for political gain. As citizens, we must... →

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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... →

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When I first ran for public office, it was with the passion and idealism of a young man who believed that government could help make our lives... →

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I'm grateful for my brokenness. I'm grateful for my humility.

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I realized that I had screwed up my life living different parts of my life in different places. I wasn't whole. I wasn't integrated. I... →

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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... →

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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 world, not... →

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At different points in my life, I had grappled with the idea of going into the priesthood - in high school or law school. Where it ends, I'm not... →

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