John Edwards Quotes on America (33 Quotes)

People who supported Governor Dean have been part of a movement all across America, and that was a grass-roots movement to change this country,

a movement to change this country that will sweep across America.

When I hear of a group of courageous workers engaged in a historic struggle, it is important to me to show that I am with them. I am with you in every step of this struggle. No American should be working full time and still living in poverty.

I have this kind of curious notion that I think actually most voters in America make their own decision about who they believe should be the president of the United States. I don't think you can tell them what to do.

We know better, but we don't act because we don't want to look, ... The Superdome made those people impossible to ignore, but we could look down the streets of every city in America and see enough poor and forgotten families to fill all the sports stadiums in America.

Anger is not going to change this country and do what needs to be done for America.

I have grown up in the bright light of America.

Remember it was a little over a month ago, Larry, that all the pundits on your show said it looks like Gov. Howard Dean's got this thing wrapped up. It's been about five weeks since then and look what's happened. We've had somebody who was the presumed favorite already who's clearly not any longer and that could happen again, ... The American people want to see this campaign play itself out and I feel very strong about our position right now.

We've never elected a Democrat president of the United States without winning at least five Southern states, ... If Democrats across the country want to take a risk on the first time in American history, that's a possibility -- they can do that. What I give them is a candidate who can win everywhere in America.

We do not have to live in an America that accepts poverty as a fact of life or chooses to ignore it.

He described his roots before being cut off for time by the moderator. You have to let me finish, you asked me the question, ... I grew up the way you grew up, I come from the same place, I spent 20 years in courtrooms fighting for you against big corporate America, against big insurance companies. I will never forget where I come from, and you can take that to the bank.

I came here a year ago with a belief that we could change this country, with the belief that the politics of what was possible, the politics of hope, could overcome the politics of cynicism. The people of Iowa tonight confirmed that they believe in a positive, uplifting vision to change America.

This is America, where everything is still possible.

Not only does this message work with Democratic primary voters, with independents and caucus-goers, this is a message that will go across the country and across party lines, ... American Morning.

I'd say if you live in the United States of America and you vote for George Bush, you've lost your mind.

If the American people want a lifelong politician in the White House, that's not me,

George Bush's guiding principle is a twisted reflection of the American bargain, ... Instead of opportunity for all, special privileges for none, he's given us, opportunity for all the special interests.

The argument for going to war with Iraq was based on intelligence that we now know was inaccurate, ... The information the American people were hearing from the president -- and that I was being given by our intelligence community -- wasn't the whole story. Had I known this at the time, I never would have voted for this war.

I think we need real change in Washington. I think we need real change in America. And I believe somebody like me, who's not been in Washington for 15 to 20 years, is the best person to bring about that change,

My campaign has been about exactly the same thing change in America, changing what's happening in Washington, doing it with a perspective that comes from out here.

I believe in an America where the family you're born into never controls your destiny,

With a president who believes that he has the kind of executive power he thinks he has -- which is wrong, by the way -- that marriage to a Supreme Court nominee who believes in broad, expansive power is extremely dangerous to our system of government. The most important thing is for the will of the American people to do something about (poverty). I think it's there. What's missing is leadership.

What will happen now, between now and Election Day - particularly given the fact we are going to have debates, both presidential and vice-presidential debates - is the American people are going to see a very clear contrast.

One of the things that I hope we will do is look at this as an opportunity to shine a bright light on poverty in America and do something about it nationally,

I think what we saw in John Kerry last night was a strength of conviction, a vision that we want to see in the president of the United States, ... I think he looked and sounded like a commander-in-chief. to be honest with you, I think the American people saw the John Kerry that I know. This man is ready to keep this country safe. He is ready to finish the job and be successful in Iraq.

This plan makes no sense if what the goal is is to stimulate the economy now and do it in a way that's fiscally responsible so that we send the right signals to Wall Street and the right signals to the American people,

I have never loved my country more than I do today, ... All my life, America has smiled at me, and today I am smiling right back.

The real problem is that the board of the New York Stock Exchange has operated like a clubhouse, with no accountability to anybody except itself. Instead of setting an example for corporate America, the board has become a symbol of what's wrong at too many corporations,

To be true to our values, our country must build a working society an America where everyone who works hard finally has the rewards to show for it,

I know that John Kerry will make this country stronger and more secure for my children and for your children, ... And he will build an America that's stronger at home and respected in the world.

Bush, who will deliver his State of the Union address Tuesday night, has become distant from and removed from the American people, ... American Morning.

America should be showing true leadership on the great moral issues of our time like poverty instead of allowing these situations to get worse.

Today, we said clearly to the American people that in our country, in our America, everything is possible,