Quotes by Harvey Gantt

About Harvey Gantt:

Harvey Bernard Gantt is an American architect and Democratic politician active in North Carolina. The first African-American student to be admitted to Clemson University after attending Iowa State University. He graduated from Clemson with honors in architecture, earned a master's at MIT, and established a practice in Charlotte with a partner.
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John Edwards makes us all proud to be Americans, and those of us from North Carolina are even more proud to claim him, for he represents the best that we can offer America at a time when strong, positive leadership is needed.

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When you are raised, as John Edwards was, in a small town like Robbins, North Carolina, you get to understand poverty and unemployment, or inadequate health care, first-hand by seeing the daily struggles of your friends and neighbors.

Harvey Gantt

In my wildest dreams, I never would have thought we'd come to the point where were talking about the re-election of a black president.

Harvey Gantt

John Edwards comes from working folk, just like me. John Edwards worked hard and excelled to get his education, just like me.

Harvey Gantt

I'm from North Carolina, and I stand here humbled, honored, and proud to place in nomination for the office of vice-president of the United States of America, my friend and my senator from the great state of North Carolina: John Edwards.

Harvey Gantt

There has to be life after the Charlotte Mayor's office.

Harvey Gantt

Jesse Helms has never been an invincible man.

Harvey Gantt

Every race I've been in, I calculated race into the equation. If you're in America, you calculate it into the equation. It is a factor. I never make it an issue. I don't run the campaign wearing it on my sleeve, but I don't run away from it, either.

Harvey Gantt

Author Bio

  • NameHarvey Gantt
  • DescriptionAmerican architect
  • Born1943
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPolitician