John Podhoretz Quotes

I have a great belief in the future of my people and my country.

Hope is the magic carpet that transports us from the present moment into the realm of infinite possibilities.

I still have a dream.

I think Americans want to believe in this country again.

I love the idea of people walking away with the idea of hope and possibility.

Hope raises no dust.

Part of what makes America strong is our resilience, tenacity, innovation and our willingness to be optimistic about our future. I know that President Obama is absolutely the best president to lead our country in the right direction.

Live in the very soul of expectation of better things, in the conviction that something large, grand, and beautiful will await you if your efforts are intelligent, if your mind is kept in a creative condition and you struggle upward to your goal.

The core of the American public, their hearts and their minds are in the right place. And that gives me hope.

There is nothing wrong with America that faith, love of freedom, intelligence, and energy of her citizens cannot cure.

Change is a process: future is a destination. People want a sense of hope, possibility and pride about Britain.

Life should not be a funeral march to the grave. We should have the capacity for being able to lift up not just public dialogue, but lift up each other in a greater cause of nationhood.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

I believe in the greatness of our people.

The purpose of thinking about the future is not to predict it but to raise people's hopes.

My first instinct when I write songs is not a negative one. It's something positive... Everything I've ever done has some form of hope in it, I think.

There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum.

These are not dark days: these are great days - the greatest days our country has ever lived.

I will keep America moving forward, always forward, for a better America, for an endless enduring dream and a thousand Points of Light. This is my mission, and I will complete it.

Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.

We have a great country, we are a great nation - let us trust in it.

For the first time in my adult lifetime, I am really proud of my country. And not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change. And I have been desperate to see our country moving in that direction.

I still believe in the possibility of the United States, with all its will and all its strength, and I don't just mean military, persevering against any challenge. I still believe in that.

I try to give people hope. Even though life is bleak, there's hope out there.

I am an optimist about America.