Lucy Powell Quotes

I always believed there would be an African-American president. It was something I'd dreamed about, thought about, but certainly did not believe would happen in my lifetime.

Hope and optimism have defined my political career, and I continue to be hopeful and optimistic about Canada. Young people have been a great source of inspiration for me.

It's not such a bad thing to bring some naive optimism to Washington.

To all the countries of the former Soviet Union: look at us, everything is possible.

She did not believe that things could remain the same in different places, and since the portion of her life that lay behind her had been bad, no doubt that which remained to be lived would be better.

I propose changing fear for hope. I propose changing Mexico.

I knew German history well, and out of my experiences in the rest of the world I believed to know the German kind; therefore I never doubted that, although for the time being all indications were against it, one day a change would come.

When today's generation reads Jack's books or they listen to the music created by some of us, I believe that they see there is a different way of approaching today's life and today's sometimes seeming hopelessness that can provide answers.

Our faith in the present dies out long before our faith in the future.

I'm naturally an optimist, but my basis for hope is rooted in my understanding of human nature.

Hope springs eternal, even in politics.

I have a real sense of optimism that we are revolutionizing the way we do politics in this country.

Politics requires the sense of possibility. Dare I say it - the audacity of hope.

The American people... want change. They want big ideas, big reform.

I think the American public wants to see a change. They want a fresh start.

I have a lot of hope for the Constituent Assembly.

So moderates of the world unite! We have nothing to lose but our pessimism. Either we make the future bury the past, or the bad guys will ensure that the past buries the future.

Every candidate has to say ‘change’. That’s what the people expect.

One must expect and even hope that there will be a future upheavals to shock the seats of power and privilege and furnish the periodic therapy that seems necessary to the health of our democracy.

Every so often, you come across a member of the younger generation who makes you think, 'Well, perhaps the future's going to be OK after all.'

The American people are ready for solutions, and Donald Trump offers a chance to move in a new direction.

The country is yearning for a change. I'd rather take my chances on somebody new, particularly with regard to the Supreme Court.

People are genuinely excited about taking the country in another direction.

Change' - Obama's election mantra - is a direct, in-your-face affront to the very vision of our Founding Fathers.

Of one thing I am certain: we are foolish if we think we will achieve change by sending the same crowd of people back to run our government again and again.