James Gibbons (1834–1921) was an American Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Richmond from 1872 to 1877, and as ninth Archbishop of Baltimore from 1877 until his death in 1921. Gibbons was elevated to the cardinalate in 1886, the second American to receive that distinction, after John McCloskey.
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There must be no tampering with the delicate machinery by which religious liberty and equality are secured, and no fostering of any spirit which would tend to destroy that machinery.
—James Gibbons
Topics: Freedom
American Catholics rejoice in our separation of Church and State; and I can conceive no combination of circumstances likely to arise which should make a union desirable either to Church or State.
—James Gibbons
The higher men climb,
the longer their working day.
There are no office hours for leaders.
—James Gibbons
Topics: Money, Work, Leadership, Leaders
No great thing comes to any man unless he has courage.
—James Gibbons
Topics: Courage, Success
Like all valuable commodities, truth is often counterfeited.
—James Gibbons
Topics: Honesty
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