--- title: "1 America Future Quotes By Mike Espy" description: "1 America Future quotes by Mike Espy. Plus more from Mike Espy and more America Future sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd5/mike-espy-6672_america_a-better-mississippi-and-a-better-americ_2626186.jpg" --- > [A better Mississippi and a better America is in our future - if we fight for it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-espy/a-better-mississippi-and-a-better-america-is-in-our-future-if-we/) [Mike Espy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-espy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd5/mike-espy-6672_america_a-better-mississippi-and-a-better-americ_2626186.jpg) ## More by Mike Espy > [If you're going to get elected to anything in Mississippi, you have to pay attention to and court the black vote.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-espy/if-you-re-going-to-get-elected-to-anything-in-mississippi-you-have-to/) [Mike Espy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-espy/) > [What better symbol of unity, what better symbol of growth, than to have Mike Espy in the United States Senate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-espy/what-better-symbol-of-unity-what-better-symbol-of-growth-than-to-have/) [Mike Espy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-espy/) > [I am an African American public official operating in an environment dominated by Caucasians. That is not too dissimilar from what I had to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-espy/i-am-an-african-american-public-official-operating-in-an-environment/) [Mike Espy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-espy/) > [I really don't need anyone to come to Mississippi to generate a vote for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-espy/i-really-don-t-need-anyone-to-come-to-mississippi-to-generate-a-vote/) [Mike Espy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-espy/) > [There are some farmers who have been terribly discriminated against by the USDA. They've suffered tremendous losses and pain and anguish, and they deserve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-espy/there-are-some-farmers-who-have-been-terribly-discriminated-against/) [Mike Espy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-espy/) > [While we march in the streets making our voices heard, we must also march to the ballot box. That's where the real change happens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-espy/while-we-march-in-the-streets-making-our-voices-heard-we-must-also/) [Mike Espy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-espy/) > [We made mistakes in 2018, as a candidate and as a campaign. I had not campaigned in 25 years, and people forgot me, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-espy/we-made-mistakes-in-2018-as-a-candidate-and-as-a-campaign-i-had-not/) [Mike Espy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-espy/) > [I'm the proud father of three Black children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-espy/i-m-the-proud-father-of-three-black-children/) [Mike Espy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-espy/) > [There's no way that I could be a congressman in a California district at 32.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-espy/there-s-no-way-that-i-could-be-a-congressman-in-a-california-district/) [Mike Espy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-espy/) > [It's hard to pick yourself up and go vote for a candidate if you don't have any sense that that candidate could have an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-espy/it-s-hard-to-pick-yourself-up-and-go-vote-for-a-candidate-if-you-don/) [Mike Espy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-espy/) > [You've got to know what you need to correct.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-espy/you-ve-got-to-know-what-you-need-to-correct/) [Mike Espy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-espy/) > [I am dedicated to expanding Medicaid in Mississippi.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-espy/i-am-dedicated-to-expanding-medicaid-in-mississippi/) [Mike Espy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-espy/) > [I'm a frustrated artist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-espy/i-m-a-frustrated-artist/) [Mike Espy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-espy/) > [The United States has taken pride in maintaining the 'safest food supply in the world.' And we can still have it, as long as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-espy/the-united-states-has-taken-pride-in-maintaining-the-safest-food/) [Mike Espy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-espy/) > [I am a lifelong Mississippian. I remember Jim Crow, 'colored' and 'white' water fountains, and my mother's inability to try on a dress in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-espy/i-am-a-lifelong-mississippian-i-remember-jim-crow-colored-and-white/) [Mike Espy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-espy/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america-future/mike-espy/#itemlist", "name": "1 America Future Quotes By Mike Espy", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A better Mississippi and a better America is in our future - if we fight for it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mike Espy" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-espy/a-better-mississippi-and-a-better-america-is-in-our-future-if-we/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd5/mike-espy-6672_america_a-better-mississippi-and-a-better-americ_2626186.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd5/mike-espy-6672_america_a-better-mississippi-and-a-better-americ_2626186.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd5/mike-espy-6672_america_a-better-mississippi-and-a-better-americ_2626186.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A better Mississippi and a better America is in our future - if we fight for it.” — Mike Espy", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america-future/mike-espy/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america-future/mike-espy/", "name": "America Future Quotes by Mike Espy", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america-future/mike-espy/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd5/mike-espy-6672_america_a-better-mississippi-and-a-better-americ_2626186.jpg" }, "description": "1 America Future quotes by Mike Espy. 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