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 now the senior senator from North Carolina instead of Jesse Helms, which is a very good thing for this country.
John Edwards

I didn't get to the Senate by accident.
John Edwards

I have grown up in the bright light of America.
John Edwards

I think an Edwards-Kerry ticket would be powerful.
John Edwards

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

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 put more faith in my own judgment.
John Edwards

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

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.
John Edwards

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.
John Edwards

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


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?
John Edwards

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

This is America, where everything is still possible.
John Edwards