Quote by James McGreevey
The arc of American history almost inevitably moves toward freedom

The arc of American history almost inevitably moves toward freedom. Whether its Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation, the expansion of womens rights or, now, gay rights, I think there is an almost-inevitable march toward greater civil liberties. – James McGreevey

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

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You know for many elected officials they all started in the same place. You know marriage is between a man and a woman, but they understand that they are moving inevitably, catching up to the American public. – James McGreevey

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I kept a steel wall around my moral and sexual instincts – protecting them, I thought, from the threats of the real world. This gave me a tremendous advantage in politics, if not in my soul. The true me, my spiritual core, slipped further and further from reach. – James McGreevey

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School gives you the freedom to explore different philosophies, religions, aspects of yourself, and subjects. – Leigh Steinberg

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True human goodness, in all its purity and freedom, can come to the fore only when its recipient has no power. – Milan Kundera

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The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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It is not natural or inevitable that half the world goes hungry that the freedom of markets trumps protection of the planet or that citizens rights come second to those of corporations. – Frances OGrady

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