John Edwards Quotes (191 Quotes)

I know John Kerry well, ... I spent six years working with him in the Senate, and we spent a lot of time on the campaign trail together. And I'll tell you one thing He has what it takes inside to be president of the United States -- backbone, strength, courage, heart.

It would be worth his weight in gold if George Bush would spend one day of his presidency doing what I've been doing every single day, out there listening to voters.

the president and the vice president tried to use our Constitution and the amendment of that Constitution as a political tool, and the United States Senate, they said, 'No. We will not accept it.'

So does Edwards want to live at the Naval Observatory If asked, I am sure he would say yes, ... there was, or is, no plan to be the running mate. It is not how he works. He was running for president.

I'm here to support the workers, who're trying to earn a decent wage, democracy in the workplace, and freedom from intimidation.

It makes our country better and stronger when we lift up and empower those who are struggling every single day, ... Nobody understands that better than Freddy Ferrer, right He has lived it his entire life.

I'm a mainstream North Carolinian, ... I think my views and values represent the values of most people in this country.

I'm seriously considering it, but I haven't made my decision.

Because of the War on Poverty, we cut the poverty rate in this country just about in half.

Twenty-four hours can make a world of difference.

And if you are a nursery school teacher, preparing your classroom for another school year, don't make any number charts that go over forty because anything higher than that just doesn't count in this administration,

Jude comes from a completely medical family - her brothers and sisters are all doctors, her father's a doctor, her mother's a nurse. She just loves real stuff.

She ran across and collapsed on the speaker, the identical of a speaker post on the inside of the gate. She collapsed on it and started yelling, 'He's going to kill me, He's going to kill me,'

This debate will come down to substance. It will come down to who can make the better case. Vice President Cheney will focus on making that case.

He showed the strength, the resilience, the courage he has shown his entire life when he fought for us and for our country in Vietnam -- he's done it all throughout this campaign,

It's not about who can buy the most television commercials. It's about where you come from and whether you understand the lives of most people in New York.

It's been a long night, but we've waited four years for this victory.

It's something I cared about before I got into politics, and I'm putting my passion and energy into that. There are some issues ... I'm working on, including helping my wife Elizabeth get well from breast cancer. It's going really well. She's doing great.

the height of hypocrisy.

retreated to the same rhetoric about progress and peace that do not match the reality occurring every day in Iraq. It is a country consumed with chaos, not a shining example of progress in the war against terrorism.

I don't believe that I could actually give a violation here because I can't tell who that person is or if there was campaigning here.

We come from different places, and we present different choices, ... Do you believe that change is more likely to be brought about by someone who has spent 20 years in Washington, or by someone who's more of an outsider to this process

When the only shot many people have is a good job rebuilding New Orleans, the president intervened to suspend prevailing wage laws so his contractor friends can cut wages for a hard day's work,

There is so much work to be done to treat gays and lesbians and gay and lesbian couples with the respect that they're entitled to. They deserve, in my judgment, partnership benefits. They deserve to be treated fairly when it comes to adoption and immigration.

So it became pretty obvious that there was something going on. Now I didn't know how that would show itself in the caucuses.

giving a stamp of approval to what this president is doing now.

This democracy, this government does not belong to that crowd of insiders in Washington and their lobbyists. It belongs to you, and we are going to restore the power in this democracy back to you. That's who it belongs to.

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.

These numbers all point to somewhat stronger economic growth this year than in the second half of 2005. They suggest firming household demand.

Subdued consumer spending may be playing a part, and so too the growth slowdown in the two biggest states of Victoria and New South Wales. But whatever the reason, the fact that wages growth is not accelerating is good news for expected inflation.

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

I recognize that different states will address this in different ways, and I will oppose any effort to pass an amendment to the United States Constitution in response to the Massachusetts decision,

Not only are they raising taxes on the middle class, they're not doing anything about the next step. We should be going the next step and actually having very targeted tax cuts that strengthen the financial condition of the middle class.

The president of the United States actually has to be able to walk and chew gum at the same time.

Whatever your personal views on General Shelton, I'm sure you agree that he is a respected military leader who served our country with distinction. When I talk to the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, it's about the safety and security of our men and women in uniform, not about politics.

This is the time for you and I together to set our sights on what is possible, what we can do together, ... It's time for us to quiet the skeptics, to lift the voices of those who want to strive, to seek, to never yield on these moral issues that tug at the soul of this country.

The Reserve Bank has said rates won't go up this year but are unlikely to go down and I think they'll maintain that position right through the fourth quarter.

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

There is little doubt that the unfavorable impact of the war on the global economy is fading a little more each day,

When we raise the minimum wage, ... make it easier for labor to organize the workplace, it's good for the economy as a whole.