John Edwards Quotes

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• 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.…
• In 2006, 2 years ago, I made a very serious mistake. A mistake that I am responsible for and no one else. In 2006, I…
• I was slapped down to the ground when my son Wade died in 1996, in April of 1996.
• South Carolina, as a matter of compromise, displays the Confederate flag on a flagpole in front of the state capitol. Because I grew up in…
• If you want to beat me up, feel free. You cannot beat me up more than I have already beaten up myself.
• Faith is not a political strategy and should not be a political strategy. If it is being used as a tool to garner votes, to…
• I went from being a senator, a young senator, to being considered for vice president, running for president, being a vice presidential candidate, and becoming…
• In America we believe that every child, no matter where they live, who their family is, or what the color of their skin, is entitled…
• The fact that women are paid 73 cents on the dollar for work equivalent to work being done by men is unacceptable in America.
• I believe that presidential candidates actually have a responsibility to point out substantive differences: to point out perspectives that are different.
• I want to be a champion for the people I have fought for all my life - regular people.
• The president of the United States actually has to be able to walk and chew gum at the same time.
• I think an Edwards-Kerry ticket would be powerful.
• This is America, where everything is still possible.
• The president said that he would unite this country, that he was a uniter, not a divider. Have you ever seen America more divided? Have…
• I have grown up in the bright light of America.
• 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…
• I actually defeated an incumbent Republican senator who was part of the Jesse Helm's political machine in North Carolina, the result of which is I'm…
• I didn't get to the Senate by accident.
• I was wrong to vote for this war. Unfortunately, I'll have to live with that forever. And the lesson I learned from it is to…

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