John Edwards Quotes

There's a lot of America that's Christian. I would not describe us, though, on the whole, as a Christian nation.

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.

The fact that women are paid 73 cents on the dollar for work equivalent to work being done by men is unacceptable in America.

The problem with nostalgia is what we tend to do is only remember what you like and you forget the parts you didn't like,

I believe that presidential candidates actually have a responsibility to point out substantive differences: to point out perspectives that are different.

I'm not sure I had a political career for the future anyway. I'm not sure that politics was what I wanted to spend my life doing.

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 you ever seen Washington more divided?

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 to as good an education as the richest parent in America can give to their children.

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

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 convince people they should support one political party or the other, I think that is a huge mistake.

I think that America is a nation of faith. I do believe that. Certainly by way of heritage - there's a powerful Christian thread through all of American history.

If you want to beat me up, feel free. You cannot beat me up more than I have already beaten up myself.

We ought to follow through on an idea that was first proposed by President Clinton to allow people over the age of 55 who are not eligible for Medicare into the Medicare system, at cost, and below cost for those who can't afford it. That takes care of a significant number of the people who don't have health insurance.

I'm in love with one woman. I've been in love with one woman for 31 years. She is the finest human being I have ever known.

I would not, under any circumstances, try to impose my personal faith and belief on the rest of the country. I don't think that's right. I don't think that's appropriate.

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.

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 times were the link between men and perfect beings, gods. Heroes in modern times are the link between man as he is and man as he could be.

I think an Edwards-Kerry ticket would be powerful.

The facts are the vice president's company that he was CEO of, that did business with sworn enemies of the United States, paid millions of dollars in fines for providing false financial information, it's under investigation for bribing foreign officials.

America's families will be safer in a world where we're strong, where we're engaged, but where we're respected.

I don't think God's through with me.

I am Quinn's father. I will do everything in my power to provide her with the love and support she deserves.

My faith informs everything I think and do. It's part of my value system. And to suggest that I can somehow separate and divorce that from the rest of me is not possible.

I'm their sole parent, and there is nothing more important than being the best father I can be.

I was slapped down to the ground when my son Wade died in 1996, in April of 1996.