John Edwards Quotes on People (19 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,

    The last thing in the world that the people of California need is to spend 70 million to 100 million on a recall election that could be used for schools, hospitals, to hire police officers and firemen. What we ought to do is put an end to this -- end this circus, and send Republicans a clear message on recall day.

    We are past all the preliminary stages. It's time for you, the people of South Carolina, to choose a president,

    I think it represents in many ways the downfall of the Bush administration, which is the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs in the state of Ohio as a result of their tax policies and their trade policies, ... The people of Ohio will be looking for new leadership.

    If we do the work that we can do in this country, the work that we will do when John Kerry is President, people like Christopher Reeve will get up out of that wheelchair and walk again.


    In order to change the problems in Washington, in order to have real reform, do you want someone who has spent ... most of their adult lives in politics, because there are a lot of people on this stage who represent that,

    I don't believe the people of New York are going to allow the mayoral office to be bought.

    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.

    We deserve a president who's close to our people, not close to the lobbyists, ... exclusive club.

    It was heartbreaking to see people, pregnant women, elderly in wheelchairs, in those cramped, squalid conditions without food, water and toilets. We had no problems from the people at the convention center and that's more people than are in most Arkansas towns.

    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.

    Giving tax cuts to the very wealthiest Americans should not take priority over the real economic, health care and security concerns facing regular people,

    They are two very different things -- arguing in front of a jury instead of millions of people. This is a political debate, not a trial.

    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.

    But this is about the people you give your lives to. If they weren't passionate about doing that, you wouldn't want them to be doing that job.

    We have to sell that to young people. It's a massive opportunity.

    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 want to be a champion for the people I have fought for all my life - regular people.

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


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