John Kerry quotes

[New Earth]

I was watching Going Upriver (watched two nights in a row so far), and heard this quote that I have never heard before - but i LOVE it! Reminds a bit of what is going on right now. I'm not sure if i have the wording exact, but it's close - i just typed it as i listened to what he said...so anyone please correct anything I have wrong.

Each time a man stands up for an ideal or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope and, crossing eachother, form a million different centers of energy and therein, those ripples form a current that can sweep down the mightiest of walls of oppression and resistance.

Kind of gives me shivers every I read it, or listen to him say it.
Does this quote get used a lot? I've never heard it before!


Also, I have been trying to find the full (at least few sentences) of that part they would always show in one of the campaign commercials, with John Kerry saying something about 'a day when the sun will shine brighter, etc etc...that's all I remember off the top of my head, it was longer and very uplifting. Does anyone remember what he said on that?

[JohnKleeb]

1. Thats not a Kerry quote but a quote by Robert F. Kennedy

who Kerry was a big fan of. One of the most touchings things Ive seen Kerry do is his tribute to Matthew Sheppard, the gay guy murdered in Wyoming a few years back, and I hear he did something much like RFK did when MLK did during the Rodney King riots.

[New Earth]

4. whoah ok, that makes sense now

now i undersatnd why i like it so much - i kinda of always liked Kennedy too. thank you, now don't i feel dumb!

[JohnKleeb]

6. thats ok

[seito]

2. Here is the quote

"For America, the hope is there. The sun is rising. Our best days are still to come."

John Kerry - Democratic National Convention - July 29, 2004

I believe his complete speech is still at www.johnkerry.com

[seito]

3. Here is one of my favorite :-)

"We're going to keep pounding. These guys are the most crooked, you know, lying group I've ever seen. It's scary."

[sandnsea]

5. "We need to dream again"

He said that alot in Iowa when he talked about better education and scientific discovery. I watched Spencer's Mountain the other night, what happened to the America that believed in learning and becoming more than you ever thought you could be.