Elizabeth Edwards

American attorney, author, and health care activist92 QUOTES

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Mary Elizabeth Anania Edwards was an American attorney, author, and health care activist. She was known for speaking publicly about her life and for her role as the wife of John Edwards, the former U.S. Senator from North Carolina and the Democratic vice-presidential nominee in the 2004 U.S. presidential election. Her public work centered on law, writing, and health care advocacy. She became a familiar figure in American political life through her husband’s national campaigns, and her words often reflected the personal and public pressures of that setting.

“Either you push forward with the things that you were doing yesterday or you start dying.”

DEATH

“Everybody has their burdens, their grief that they carry with them.”

GRIEF

“I have a husband who adores me.”

MARRIAGE

“I think that it is our intention to deny cancer any control over us.”

CANCER

“My father had gone to Vietnam.”

REFLECTIONS

“You recognize a survivor when you see one. You recognize a fighter when you see one.”

REFLECTIONS

“You never know when something's going to hit you in a particular way and just knock you loose.”

REFLECTIONS

“I could be wrong, but I think heterosexual marriage is threatened more by heterosexuals. I don't know why gay marriage challenges my marriage in any way.”

MARRIAGE

“Brave people are the firemen who run into the burning building. That's brave.”

COURAGE

“I'm not a victim - I never want to be perceived that way.”

REFLECTIONS

“You know, I once read a short story about how much you could tell about people from their shoes. You could tell where they had been, what they did, whether they were real walkers.”

REFLECTIONS

“I hope I have important things to say.”

HOPE