11 Quotes by James Gibbons


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    I am no longer a curmudgeon. I am a curmudgeon emeritus.

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    Reform must come from within, not from without. You cannot legislate for virtue.

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    Every man has a mission from God to help his fellow beings.

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    For to keep at the top is harder almost than to get there.

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    We do not attach any intrinsic value to the Cross; this would be sinful and idolatrous. Our veneration is referred to Him who died upon it.

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    A civil ruler dabbling in religion is as reprehensible as a clergyman dabbling in politics. Both render themselves odious as well as ridiculous.

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    Like all valuable commodities, truth is often counterfeited.

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    No great thing comes to any person unless that person has courage.

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