American Quotes

I was a very serious young man, very committed to saving the world.

Our government leaders... have made many mistakes in the past when they have lost sight of the sacred American values rooted in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. We are at the brink of even graver mistakes and assaults on these values.

I've always been driven by the concept of equal justice under the law, but only the rich can pay great sums of money for legal assistance and that puts them at an advantage over the poor.

While teaching, I also worked undercover in the lower courts by saying I was a young law teacher wanting experience in criminal law. The judges were happy to assist me but what I learned was how corrupt the lower courts were. Judges were accepting money right in the courtroom.

Learn to say no in situations where saying no can be difficult, where it could mean getting fired. Say no anyway, because it could lead you to greater opportunities.

I'm very much in support of the free press, but the free press ought to be educational and informative. And I believe they have fallen down recently on that.

You've got two people that are well known in South Dakota, respected. We'll see how it all shakes out.

When you're in the minority, it doesn't matter what you're agenda is, you're not going to have the degree of freedom that you have as a member of the majority.

What we need is not more distrust and division. What we need now is acceptance.

We need real campaign finance reform to loosen the grip of special interests on politics.

We must govern from the middle, or we will not be able to govern at all.

We must correct the problems and inequities in the way we conduct and decide elections in the United States.

We know we're up against the wall. We know how difficult a challenge it is, being in the minority.

We have exhausted all of our diplomatic effort to get the Iraqis to comply with their own agreements and with international law. Given that... we have got to force them to comply, and we are doing so militarily.

This president failed so miserably in diplomacy that we are now forced to war.

The campaign is over. It's time for the work of governing to begin.

President Bush has said that the economy is growing, that there are jobs out there. But you know, it's a long commute to China to get those jobs.

People were concerned about national security, and that precluded us from having the opportunity to break through on the issues that we cared most about - the economy, education and health care.

On issues relating to taxes, you don't always speak with one voice.

Make no mistake, tax cheaters cheat us all, and the IRS should enforce our laws to the letter.

Let there be no doubt: the state of our union is strong - stronger than the terrorists who seek to harm us and stronger than the challenges that confront us. At the same time, we know that our union can be stronger still.

It would be nice if we could clear up the nominations that are still out there, and there are a lot of them.

It was important for us to be as supportive as our candidates and as our incumbent senators would have us be.

Iraq is not the only nation in the world to possess weapons of mass destruction, but it is the only nation with a leader who has used them against his own people.

I've been amazed at the degree to which Democrats, in particular, have expressed their enthusiasm for the president's manner with which he handled this budget.

Senators, like everyone else, want to feel a part of this decision-making process. They want to feel included.

Bipartisanship isn't an option anymore; it is a requirement. The American people have divided responsibility for leadership right down the middle.

I've played Henry Fonda's mother so often that, whenever we run into each other, I call him 'son' and he calls me 'Ma', just to save time.

I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure - that is all that agnosticism means.

Depressions may bring people closer to the church but so do funerals.