Politician Quotes

Our policy for the last many years has been to deter the Chinese government in Beijing from ever coming into the position where they thought they had enough leverage over the U.S. to cross the Straits of Taiwan.

If the President really wanted to know exactly how Rove and Libby were involved, he could walk down to their offices and demand that they answer him honestly.

I was on the San Diego school board for 4 years, where I watched children successfully matriculate into elementary schools from Head Start programs from all around our city.

However, don't let these statistics mislead you, gang violence is not limited to California and or big urban areas - that might have been true a while ago but it is no longer the case today.

However, as a parent, as a grandparent, as a former educator, I know that these practices alone when we are dealing with young children are insufficient. We will never control this rising epidemic without greater accountability from the food industry.

Congress is headed in the wrong direction with this bill which removes any and all incentives from the food industry to improve their products for children.

As Congress continues to debate ways to address illegal immigration, we must remember the many hard-working legal immigrants that contribute so much to our nation's economy and culture.

Childhood obesity is best tackled at home through improved parental involvement, increased physical exercise, better diet and restraint from eating.

We need to put in place an economic system of governance for the euro-zone.

The Europeans must now honor their commitments. That is the position that France is defending.

In order to consolidate the euro we need to harmonise our economic, fiscal and social policies, hence we are going toward greater integration.

Great Britain is not part of the euro-zone; but the decision we take will have great importance for Great Britain.

France does not practice revenge.

Democracy no longer works for the poor if politicians treat them as a separate race.

The bottom line as far as I was concerned was presenting to the public who Gerry Ferraro was.

See that's a goal that I think it's very good in the debate to find out who the person is.

President Reagan's one-liners were terrific.

People who live through transplants or disasters like Sept. 11 are survivors.

My desk drawer is filled with all kinds of prayers.

If you think somebody cares about you and believes your life is worth saving, how can you give up?

If you ask me a question, don't tell me what the question is in advance, 'cause I'd rather not know.

I'm a happy camper because by doing this I have an opportunity to be on the cutting edge of research.

I was a trial lawyer when I was elected to Congress.

I have been extremely lucky; I am a person who is currently living with a cancer that is under control.

I enjoyed debate on the floor but it's not really debate in the same way.

I don't like to practice ahead of time what I'm going to say.

I don't consider myself a survivor; that's someone who has gone through something terrible.

I do believe in the power of prayer.

I didn't serve on a committee that dealt with foreign policy.

I didn't look very sensitive and they didn't know me very well.