11 Quotes by James Gibbons

There are no office hours for leaders.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Like all valuable commodities, truth is often counterfeited.

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