Kevin Rudd Quotes

I couldn't be more proud of my work as a progressive.

I don't think that a vote for Barack Obama is a symbolic thing. I think it's much more than that. It's not just a black man. It's not just a feel-good vote. It's the idea of electing someone who really does want to make a difference.

You can't propel a nation to move forward if all you are doing is taking something from them.

The mandate I have received and for which I will speak with heart and head to implement over the next seven years had its four pillars - an inclusive citizenship, equality and participation and respect in a creative society creating an excellence in everything we Irish do.

My daddy thought - no, he expected - that my brothers and I and our generation would make the world a better place. He was correct in his belief because he had lived in an America of continual social progress, depression followed by prosperity, segregation by integration, and so on.

You can't vote your hates; you've got to vote your hopes.

If freedom makes social progress possible, so social progress strengthens and enlarges freedom.

I consider myself a progressive. I have a passion for people who work. To me, this is about forward looking versus backward looking. Ideological gradations are the wrong way to look at it.

Progressives believe in making progress, which is why I'm proud to endorse Hillary Clinton, who I know will continue fighting to ensure our children and grandchildren can achieve their highest and best dreams.

Fear has never built a community. And fear will never build a nation.

There may be some difficulties, some interruptions, but as a nation and as a people, we are going to build a truly multiracial, democratic society that maybe can emerge as a model for the rest of the world.

Anyone who thinks they're a progressive should be interested in making progress.

Now, being one who lived in the era of Obama, there are so many markers of improvement made. It's hard to be mindful of that, in the same way you're going, 'Oh everything's cool now!' and it isn't. But I try to be mindful of how much of an improvement there has been because that gives hope. You need hope. I need hope!

Together with this Brazilian people, we will build a new nation.

I'm ready to fight, and I'm ready to make sure progressive includes progress.

I am proud to be a progressive.

You begin to realize that the genius of our country is the constant push to be more inclusive and find new ways of engaging everyone.

I dream of Poland becoming a modern society that is defined not by the crippling nature of history, but by our individual achievements, a sense of our own self-worth and ideas for the future.

I believe there are millions of people across the country who are crying out for someone to stand up for liberal values.

We must stop looking to the past and focus on ensuring everyone has a stake in the future.

Three components - education, equality and empowerment - play an important and pivotal role in moving the country forward in every aspect.

I can't even believe that in 2018, I still have to lay out why diversity in anything matters.

Who would've thought that this little girl in the ghetto in Philly would be playing the first black lesbian superhero on network TV?

I am unapologetic about the need for social change, greater inclusion, and equity.

We just fundamentally forgot that people want to vote for something positive. They want to be shown what the good life for them personally looks like.