James McGreevey Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“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.”

“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.”

“No relief was forthcoming from my then-Catholic faith, which said the practice of homosexuality was a 'mortal sin' subject to damnation.”

“I think - I think you have a conscience growing up in a loving family with a nurturing community. And I think what happens is, and that's part of the problem of being in the closet which is a very sick place. I mean it's self loathing. It's self denial. And you keep that separate.”

“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.”

“Inauthenticity is endemic in American politics today. The political backrooms where I spent much of my career were just as benighted as my personal life, equally crowded with shadowy strangers and compromises, truths I hoped to deny. I lived not in one closet but in many.”

“I am a gay American.”

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

“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.”

“I am resigning because my secret leaves the governor's office vulnerable.”