Jason Kander Quotes

I want to make democracy work not only for the rich and the well connected but for everyone.

We must display a heart for every American, and a special passion for those still on the first rung of life's ladder.

Democrats are fighting to make sure that everyone, no matter your background, has a chance to get ahead.

The strongest, richest, greatest nation in the world shouldn't leave anyone behind.

Barack knows the American Dream because he's lived it, and he wants everyone in this country to have that same opportunity, no matter who we are or where we're from or what we look like or who we love.

America belongs to all of us. The promise of America belongs to all of us.

Freedom and opportunity are precious gifts and the purpose of our politics is to expand them, for all our people.

What is the American dream? The American dream is one big tent. One big tent. And on that big tent you have four basic promises: equal protection under the law, equal opportunity, equal access, and fair share.

I did not want my tombstone to read, 'She kept a really clean house.' I think I'd like them to remember me by saying, 'She opened government to everyone.'

A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest civil, economic, and social rights that the biggest and most powerful possess.

You must make sure that the majority of the people are not marginalized.

The way forward is always found through greater respect for the equal rights of all.

President Obama is a principled man who has worked hard to put healthcare and a good education in the reach of millions of Americans and believes that everyone who works hard and plays by the rules, should have a fair shot at the American dream.

We must restore the emotional relationship that people have to the idea of America, that no matter where you come from, no matter where you live, that you have access to the same opportunities that somebody who is born in privilege.

In this nation, the greatest of all nations, there are no second-class families. That is our great American conviction.

Now we Democrats believe that America is still the country of fair play, that we can come out of a small town or a poor neighborhood and have the same chance as anyone else, and it doesn't matter whether we are black or Hispanic, or disabled or women.

As an educator, I have always striven to see that the fruits of the American Dream are available to all.

Freedom demands conditions of an economic, social, political and cultural kind which makes possible its full exercise.

We seek not just freedom, but opportunity … not just equality as a right and a theory, but equality as a fact and as a result.

America must be a nation in which its multiracial people are partners in power.

Whether we come from poverty or wealth; whether we are Afro-American or Irish-American; Christian or Jewish, from big cities or small towns, we are all equal in the eyes of God. But as Americans, that is not enough, we must be equal in the eyes of each other. We can no longer judge each other on the basis of what we are, but must, instead, start finding out who we are. In America, our origins matter less than our destinations and that is what democracy is all about.

We are building together a nation in which there are no second-class Australians.

We march on toward the realization of the American Dream. We are not diverted by those who would deny opportunity based on what we look like or where we came from or who would deny equality based on who we love.

We need an inspiring vision of equality that resonates in the hearts, minds, and souls of all Americans.

Compassion, hope, and opportunity are some of the most fundamentally American values that we should fight like hell to protect.