John Edwards Quotes
quotes by John Edwards

Liberal Hall of Shame

"George Bush has made us a target."

"I voted against the Bush tax cuts."

"I will close Guantanamo Bay on my first day in office."

"We have a crisis on this planet, and that crisis is global warming."

"Today, under George W. Bush, there are two Americas, not one:"

"Iraq is a mess and it's a mess because of two people: George Bush and Dick Cheney."

"If you're African-American, you're more likely to be charged with a crime."

"There is no connection between the attacks of 9/11 and Saddam Hussein."

"We were attacked. But we weren't attacked by Saddam Hussein."

"I don't think you can prevent bad things from happening through prayer."

"Ending poverty is the cause, the single most important cause in my life."

"I believe this president has betrayed people like my parents and the people I grew up with."

"I'd say if you live in the United States of America and you vote for George Bush, you've lost your mind."

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

"I don’t believe the answer for us is to invoke the Lord’s name 55 times in a speech. It looks political."

"I support a woman's right to choose and believe this that right is constitutionally protected."

"Wind, solar, cellulose-based biofuels are the way we need to go. I do not favor nuclear power."

"The tax policy in America has been established by big corporations and the wealthiest Americans."

"We have 200,000 men and women who wore our uniform who are homeless every single night."

"First, we need to get rid of Bush's tax cuts for rich people, which have distorted the tax system in America."

"George Bush has abused our constitutional traditions in his detention policies and has created a national embarrassment at Guantanamo Bay."

"I was the first to come out with a universal health care plan, first to come out with a global warming plan, and the only to come out with a comprehensive, detailed plan to end poverty in the US."

"What's driving this belief about [dislike between] America and the Muslim community around the world is the bullying, selfish, abusive behavior of George Bush and this administration."

"In two short years, George W. Bush has taught us what the 'W' stands for -- wrong. Wrong for our children, wrong for our parents, wrong for our values. Wrong, wrong, wrong for 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 Christopher Reeve will get up out of that wheelchair and walk again."

"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?"

"I think that Jesus would be disappointed in our ignoring the plight of those around us who are suffering and our focus on our own selfish short-term needs. I think he would be appalled, actually."

"First, we need to get rid of Bush's tax cuts for rich people, which have distorted the tax system in America. I would use that money to pay for universal health care, to make sure everyone's covered."

"Inequality in America is at the heart & soul of why I'm running for president. The truth is that slavery followed by segregation followed by discrimination has had an impact that still is alive & well in America, and it goes through every single part of American life."

"I've been in courthouses where I've seen the Ten Commandments. I've never had a strong reaction to it. But how would Muslims or Hindus feel if they went into that courthouse? So I'm sensitive to that. You know, of course it wouldn't offend me because I'm Christian. And I'm certainly not offended by the idea of expressing faith in that circumstance. But probably it causes more trouble than good."

"I will do absolutely everything to find terrorists where they are, to stop them before they can do harm to us, before they can do harm to the US or to its allies. Every tool available-military, alliances, intelligence-I will use. But what this global war on terror bumper sticker-political slogan, it's all it's ever been. It was intended to do was for Bush to use it to justify everything he does. The ongoing war in Iraq, Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib, spying on Americans, torture, none of those things are OK."

"The Bush administration asserted a new doctrine that suggests a uniquely American right to use force wherever and whenever we decide it's appropriate. America must have a foreign policy that leads in a way that brings others to us, not that drives them away. And I say to every American family: your family is safer in a world where America is looked up to and respected, not in a world where America is hated."

"I'm in love with one woman. I've been in love with one woman for 31 years."

"I've been in love with the same woman for 30-plus years... and as anybody who's been around us knows, she's an extraordinary human being, warm, loving, beautiful, sexy and as good a person as I have ever known. So the story's just false."

"In 2006, I made a serious error in judgment and conducted myself in a way that was disloyal to my family and to my core beliefs."

"I am and have been willing to take any test necessary to establish the fact that I am not the father of any baby, and I am truly hopeful that a test will be done so this fact can be definitively established."

"I have not, I would welcome participating in a paternity test. Be happy to participate in one. I know that it's not possible that this child could be mine because of the timing of events, so I know it's not possible. Happy to take a paternity test, and would love to see it happen."

"I've never paid a dime of money to any of the people that are involved. I've never asked anybody to pay a dime of money, never been told that any money's been paid. Nothing has been done at my request. So if the allegation is that somehow I participated in the payment of money -- that is a lie. An absolute lie, which is typical of these types of publications."

"If you're talking about Fred Baron, I do know Fred Baron. I also know that Fred Baron knows both of these people who are involved and has worked with them for years. So he has the relationship with them independent of me. So what he chose to do or not do, I can't explain, he'll have to explain. I don't know what he did or why he did it. And what his reasons for, were, for doing it. Is it possible that he wanted to help them because they were in a difficult time? Of course. Is it possible that he was worried that in fact something had happened with me, and he wanted to help? Of course that's possible. I think all these things are possible."