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William Gerald "Jerry" Boykin is a retired American general officer who was the United States Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence under President George W. Bush from 2002 to 2007. During his 36-year career in the military he spent 13 years in the Delta Force and was involved in numerous high-profile missions, including the 1980 Iran hostage rescue attempt, the 1992 hunt for Pablo Escobar in Colombia, and the Black Hawk Down incident in Mogadishu, Somalia. He is an author and teaches at Hampden–Sydney College, Virginia. He is currently executive vice president at the Family Research Council. Wikipedia  

✵ 19. April 1948
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“We also need to be encouragers to our friends. Some of them have hopes and dreams, yet although they've prayed and watched and waited, there's been no answer from above.”

William G. Boykin

After seven tries, the rain was finally on its way.
Source: Man to Man: Rediscovering Masculinity in a Challenging World (2020), p. 123

“Why is this man in the White House? The majority of Americans did not vote for him. Why is he there? And I tell you this morning that he’s in the White House because God put him there for a time such as this.”

William G. Boykin

atheism.about.com http://atheism.about.com/b/a/035044.htm, 2003.

“They’re after us because we’re a Christian nation.”

William G. Boykin

NBC News http://www.msnbc.com/news/980764.asp?cp1=1, June 2003.

“George Bush was not elected by a majority of the voters in the United States, he was appointed by God.”

William G. Boykin

Regarding President George W. Bush, "Culture War: The American Taliban" http://adultthought.ucsd.edu/Culture_War/The_American_Taliban.html,

“I knew my God was bigger than his. I knew that my God was a real God and his was an idol.”

William G. Boykin

Remarks on the war on terror US is 'battling Satan' says general http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3199212.stm (17 October 2003)

“Well, is he [bin Laden] the enemy? Next slide. Or is this man [Saddam] the enemy? The enemy is none of these people I have showed you here. The enemy is a spiritual enemy. He’s called the principality of darkness. The enemy is a guy called Satan.”

William G. Boykin

Speech at a First Baptist Church in Daytona Beach, Florida General who voiced his faith cleared on major accusations http://www.bpnews.net/18948, June 2003.

William G. Boykin Quotes about time

“Three days later we went after him again, and this time we got him. Not a mark on him. We got him. We brought him back into our base there and we had a Sea Land container set up to hold prisoners in, and I said put him in there. They put him in there, there was one guard with him. I said search him, they searched him, and then I walked in with no one in there but the guard, and I looked at him and said, "Are you Osman Atto?" And he said "Yes."”

William G. Boykin

And I said, "Mr. Atto, you underestimated our God."
Web Archives: Homestead.co, "General Boykin Bio" http://web.archive.org/web/20040207103627/www.homestead.com/prosites-prs/generalboykin.html, Jan, 2003.

“A few Christian men I've met seem to think they are somehow robbed of their manhood if their wife has a job, and it's even worse if she has a serious career of her own. That's a foolish attitude. At the same time, what is even worse is a man whose wife is compelled to work because her husband refused to get a job.”

William G. Boykin

Source: Man to Man: Rediscovering Masculinity in a Challenging World (2020), p. 17

“A man provides leadership.
A man provides direction, caution, and advice to others.
A man provides emotional and spiritual support.
A man provides stability and order.
A man provides companionship and good company.
A man provides identity.
A man provides an example.
All of these things require personal sacrifices of time, dedication, and effort. And from where does the strength and inspiration for that come? Or, in other words, what is worth living for, sacrificing for, and even dying for?”

William G. Boykin

Source: Man to Man: Rediscovering Masculinity in a Challenging World (2020), p. 5

William G. Boykin Quotes

“Most of us have managed to hang on to a few good friends. They may not be battle buddies, but they've found a way to stay in our lives, and we're in theirs for the long haul. When that's the case, we have certain responsibilities to them. Sometimes we have the pleasure of applauding their accomplishments or sharing happy occasions with them. But, when necessary, we also owe it to them to be truth-tellers. And we have to hope they'll be equally straightforward with us.”

William G. Boykin

Source: Man to Man: Rediscovering Masculinity in a Challenging World (2020), p. 119

Pleasure , Truth , Way , Happiness

“Big talkers have a greater tendency to compromise you than the string, silent types who aren't so eager to transmit the latest insider gossip. You have to think about those characteristics.”

William G. Boykin

Source: Man to Man: Rediscovering Masculinity in a Challenging World (2020), p. 118

Thinking

“Talk through options and offer suggestions. Don't ignore an obvious problem in your family life and in your marriage.”

William G. Boykin

Source: Man to Man: Rediscovering Masculinity in a Challenging World (2020), p. 103

Marriage , Family , Problem , Life

“In every case, here's the challenging bottom line: practicing tough love is- without question- toughest on the man who loves the most.”

William G. Boykin

Source: Man to Man: Rediscovering Masculinity in a Challenging World (2020), p. 99

Love , Making love , Question

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