Virgil Goode Quotes

I loved campaigning for Obama.

I've been an Obama supporter since he announced he was campaigning. I was aware of him as a senator, but I wasn't as engaged as I probably should've been.

Wake up America.

We're Americans. We shape our own future. Let's start by standing up for President Barack Obama.

This is not about Republican or Democrat. It is about our children, it's about our families, it is about our country, and frankly, ladies and gentlemen, it is about the world. We've got to leave here and march, and make sure Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are president and vice president of the United States.

If people take the film and screen it whenever possible for their social and professional networks, we can continue to make a difference. It is one more element we have to use in the ongoing effort to take back our country.

I knew Barack Obama, absolutely. And I knew him probably as well as thousands of other Chicagoans.

I acted on my core beliefs on social issues as governor.

According to Gallup, Obama has already lost support among Jewish voters, down from 78 percent to 68 percent. If Romney shows that he is genuinely committed to Israel and that Obama is not, he'll make further inroads.

I travel to Chicago a lot. And I've followed Obama through his Senate race and beyond. I found him to be an exceptional candidate who was able to transcend ethnic and racial lines.

Obama used to be a community organizer. He knows how to build communities.

We were hoping Obama would reclaim moral leadership for America. That failed.

I have always believed that on important issues, the leaders must lead. Where the leaders fail to lead, and people are really concerned about it, the people will take the lead and make the leaders follow.

The unique thing about our country is that we don't get behind politicians, politicians get behind us.

Whatever we do from government, we need to do what's best for America. If we do that, that's bringing power back to the people.

I ran for public office to do something good.

I've always been interested in political service and community advocacy.

I still believe in the power of government to make lives better, and I believe that if someone is willing to take a stand, other people will follow.

I was very proud to support Obama's presidential campaign, from the primaries all the way to his historic victory.

I supported Obama. I went to his rallies. I parted with my hard-earned money. There was a movement going on, and I was really thrilled with the idea of the first African-American president. I did the same for Mitt Romney. In both of those cases, I have never agreed with all of their policies.

Our nation's leaders are fallible. It is therefore time for us to be our own heroes. We can and must be the leaders that are so desperately needed.

Bernie Sanders has inspired millions of people in this country.

There had to be something more important than me being comfortable, me being OK, and me being that one person that made it from Stockton. That's why I decided to run for city council in 2012.

We think there's nothing like sunlight to mobilize and energize citizens to demand change of their elected officials.

Elective office is one of many ways to serve the community and the country. It's one that I would consider at some point.