Herm Edwards Quotes

This is America. In our country it doesn't matter a lick where you are from, it only matters where you're going.

Hope will be found by understanding that diversity is the essence of the American Dream and why we need each other to fulfill it.

We may come from different places and have different stories, but we share common hopes, and one very American dream.

Now, as a nation, we don't promise equal outcomes, but we were founded on the idea everybody should have an equal opportunity to succeed. No matter who you are, what you look like, where you come from, you can make it. That's an essential promise of America. Where you start should not determine where you end up.

The essence of America - that which really unites us - is not ethnicity, or nationality or religion - it is an idea - and what an idea it is: That you can come from humble circumstances and do great things.

It doesn't matter if you look different. You're still the same as everybody else because you have the same dream.

America was the place that said, 'It doesn't matter where you come from, it doesn't matter what your last name is, it doesn't matter if you drink cortaditos, or lattes, or coffee with milk. Here, if you work hard, anything is possible.'

It will be helpful in our mutual objective to allow every man in America to look his neighbor in the face and see a man-not a color.

Me only have one ambition, y'know. I only have one thing I really like to see happen. I like to see mankind live together - black, white, Chinese, everyone - that's all.

The notion of 'we' is very important. I think, for any family, any community to be able to say 'we' in this family, it means something. It's dangerous to society when somebody will place himself or herself on the outside of 'we.'

I think we all share the same goal, which is a United States of America that inspires people and leads.

Accomplishments have no color.

The one peace possible: A homeland for everybody.

I recognize every member of the human family as a brother; and if it was done by human beings, it was done by my brethren.

We are true to our creed when a little girl born into the bleakest poverty knows that she has the same chance to succeed as anybody else, because she is an American; she is free, and she is equal, not just in the eyes of God but also in our own.

The dream of opportunity for all people has not come true for everyone in America, but its promise exists for all who come to our shores

No matter who you are, no matter what you look like, no matter where you come from, no matter what your last name is, no matter who you love, you can make it here if you try.

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 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.

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.

Let's remember what truly unites us. It's a common belief in a better economic future. A belief in a meritocracy.

I'm a Democrat because I want every American to have a fair shot at the American Dream. That's what ties it all together for me, and in my experience, that means recognizing that no one is dealing with life one 'issue' at a time.

I'm human. As human as any Indian. And every Pakistani is as human as every Indian.

I've lived the American Dream and had a great life. Immigration and religion and racial tolerance are the foundation of this country.