John Edwards Quotes
Capital Punishment
"I believe the death penalty is the most fitting punishment for the most
heinous crimes, and I support it. But we need reforms in the death penalty..."
John Edwards
Source:BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3870665.stm
Dick Cheney
"I think he is out of touch with the lives of most Americans.
I think as a result of that, it's very hard for him going
forward to provide the kind of vision of hope and
opportunity that this country is entitled to and needs."
John Edwards, NBC's "Today" show 7/14/04
Education
"I think we've got two public school systems in this country. We've
got one for the most affluent communities and one for everybody else.
It's wrong."
John Edwards
Source:BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3870665.stm
First Responders
"We wouldn't send our soldiers into battle without the best equipment
in the world. Yet on the front lines of domestic defense, this
administration is cutting aid to cops, states are laying them off, and
they're not getting training and equipment they need….The
administration may think domestic defense is about changing the
color code from yellow to orange. Let me tell you something: the
colors that will make America safer are firefighter red, EMT white,
and police officer blue."
John Edwards
George W. Bush
"Working people have been shut out by this president because he values
only one thing: wealth."
John Edwards
Source:BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3870665.stm
"They have led us from the edge of greatness when Bill Clinton left office
to the edge of a cliff."
John Edwards
Source:BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3870665.stm
"George Bush has a health care plan - pray you don't get sick."
John Edwards
Source:BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3870665.stm
"The president of the United States has to actually be able to walk and chew
gum at the same time, has to be able to do two things at the same time."
John Edwards
Source:BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3870665.stm
Growing Up
"I come from a family where my father worked in a mill in rural
North Carolina. I was the first person in my family to be able
to go to college,"
John Edwards,John Edwards, NBC's "Today" show 7/14/04
Health Care
"The issue becomes whether you believe health care is an isolated problem.
For those in poverty and the struggling middle class, if one thing goes wrong
- if they have a health care problem - theyy go right off the cliff."
John Edwards
Source:BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3870665.stm
Heroes
The modern hero is a person who does something everyone thinks they could do
if they were a little stronger, a little faster, a little smarter, or a
little more generous. Heroes in ancient time were a link between man and
perfect gods. Heroes in modern times are the link between man as he is and
man as he could be.
John Edwards
Source:Four Trials
Iraq
"For the most part, it's America doing it alone, which I believe is an
enormous mistake."
John Edwards
Source:BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3870665.stm
John Edwards on Himself
"I hope you agree with me this is still a country where the son of a mill
worker can go toe to toe against the son of a president of the United States."
John Edwards
Source:BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3870665.stm
"I think most people in this country actually think not having spent your whole
life in politics is a good thing."
John Edwards
Source:BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3870665.stm
"I think the key is to see things through the eyes of regular Americans.
That's a perspective that people are hungry for."
John Edwards
Source:BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3870665.stm
Lessons Learned
I have learned two great lessons--that there will always be heartache and
struggle, and that people of strong will can make a difference. One is a
sad lesson; the other is inspiring. I choose to to be inspired.
John Edwards
Source:Four Trials
Minimum Wage
“We should give these people enough to support their families,
This cause is just and righteous.”
John Edwards
Source:http://www.crainscleveland.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?
AID=/20050630/FREE/50630008/1008&Profile=1008
Partnership Benefits
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.
John Edwards
Source:http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/j/john_edwards.html
Patriot Act
"The very notion that this administration can arrest American citizens on
American soil, label them an enemy combatant, put them in prison, keep
them there indefinitely - this runs contrary to everything we believe
in this country."
John Edwards
Source:BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3870665.stm
State v. Federal
"Far too often, people think that the solutions to the problems we face as
a country must come from Washington, but much of the important work on the
issues Americans face every day is done in the states. State legislators
can do a great deal to fight poverty, expand educational opportunities,
and make health care more affordable."
John Edwards
Source:http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/ny-bc-nj--edwards
-democrats0510may10,0,5888022.story?coll=ny-region-apnewjersey
Taxes
"[There's] one America that does the work, another America that reaps
the reward. One America that pays the taxes, another America that
gets the tax breaks."
John Edwards
Source:http://www.macon.com/mld/macon/news/opinion/13814470.htm
Wade Edwards
"Nothing in my life has ever hit me and stripped everything away like my
son's death. As much as anyone is, Wade is who I am."
John Edwards
Source:BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3870665.stm
Terrorism
"He will fail in the war against terrorism because he does not know how to lead,
George Bush is playing on people's deepest fears. He's exploiting a national
tragedy for personal gain — and it's the lowest kind of politics. You don't win
the war on terror by giving a speech. You win the war on terror based on what
you do. And the facts show, the facts show that we haven't done all that we can
to keep the American people safe and crush the terrorists before they can do harm
to us. George Bush's failed actions speak much louder than his words. One of the
greatest signs of weakness and failure is to resort to the politics of fear
and that's what George Bush is doing today,"
John Edwards
Source:http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=694&ncid=
696&e=8&u=/ap/20041019/ap_on_el_pr/edwards
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