Jim Hunt Quotes

Donald Trump should be focused on how to fix the country, not an award show.

People need to heed the message of Chris Christie and get the job done. We don't want the last century, America's century, to be a historical accident.

With President Obama, we will move America forward.

My theme is going to be: Together we can win the future. The right policies lead to the right results. And I'm going to argue that President Obama will lose the future because the wrong policies lead to the wrong results.

It's a strong country, but Mr. Obama seems to be doing everything he can to hold it back.

The recipe for success is a tried and true one here in Rhode Island - innovation, reform, public service.

Let's go tell everyone we meet that, when the American dream is at stake, you want Barack Obama in charge.

Be assured that I did not become the Mayor of Chicago to preside over its decline.

My dear citizens, fellow citizens, French people, this 6th of May, have just chosen change by bringing me the presidency of the French republic. I feel the honor, which has been given to me and the task, the important task faced beyond - in front of you to serve my country.

My fellow citizens, the state of our city is strong.

Mr. Chairman, delegates, and fellow citizens: I am honored by the support of this convention for vice president of the United States. I accept the duty to help lead our nation out of a jobs crisis and back to prosperity - and I know we can do this.

My father was a politician, and a very important politician, and one of the leaders of the Iraqi Democratic Party, who believed in progress.

From education to broadband, from building roads and bridges to supporting the military, Barack Obama is delivering for North Carolina. And he is delivering for America. A growing middle class is the foundation for a strong America.

I've been very engaged in Illinois and Chicago civic activities for a long time; mostly around building businesses and helping entrepreneurs grow companies, but also around education and education reform.

What America is thirsting for now is a battalion of strong, down-to-earth 'doers' - managers, frontline activists, business and social entrepreneurs engaged in tackling America's manifold problems of unemployment, education, and competitive slouch.

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

Times have been tough, the economy has been tough. But I want to bring forward a fantastic manifesto for taking the city forwards.

True statesmanship is the art of changing a nation from what it is into what it ought to be.

The American people are complaining of a pitiful lack of leadership. No one offers any program which promises even a return of former good times, much less any that satisfies the people's legitimate demand for a new kind of prosperity, a stabilized prosperity — steady, trustworthy and sound.

Before being elected to Congress, I was a mayor, and it's this perspective that makes me certain that Ed FitzGerald is the right kind of leader to get Ohio back on track.

The more the American people see the sharp differences between Mr. Reagan and me and the visions we have of our future, the better off the American people will be.

To me, politics is about the future.

I have met every president since President Kennedy. And I think Barack Obama must be listed as one of the best. This young man has been so inspiring - not just to people in America but to people all around the world.

It's only under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership that the country can foresee a bright future.

Voters in 1960 elected the first Catholic president. In 2012, I voted to reelect the first African American president. Each was a vote for a man of principle and character, for a man who had proved himself capable and courageous and who would lead our country with a combination of dignity, compassion and toughness along a path of progress.