Politician Quotes

Freedom is the core of all human progress. It believes that nothing's given to us, but if you're willing to work hard. If you're willing to compete, the American dream is there for you.

As a dad, it's kind of exciting to see that your son follows what you believe in so strongly.

We have not won the battle against drug trafficking.

Today, we have two Vietnams, side by side, North and South, exchanging and working. We may not agree with all that North Vietnam is doing, but they are living in peace. I would look for a better human rights record for North Vietnam, but they are living side by side.

The greatness of Americans is that we are mosaic - we are diverse.

People have been turned away from hospitals simply because they have no insurance. People have been put out of hospitals because they have reached the lifetime caps.

My town hall meetings are with friends and neighbors, fellow Americans. We engage.

Millions of Americans find community, comfort and support in their faith.

Marching with over a million women in support of our reproductive rights was one of the most empowering things I have done, both as a woman and as a Member of Congress.

Many of us in Congress have been calling on the Administration to articulate a bold mission for NASA. It seems that the President is answering that call. I wholeheartedly support his vision for going back to the moon, and from there to worlds beyond.

It's all right to agree or disagree on the balanced budget amendment. It's all right to talk about how we're going to appropriate.

I took and received campaign donations under the existing laws.

I happen to represent Enron here in Houston. We have many good corporate citizens here in Houston. Enron happened to have been one.

I am about the people of the United States of America and the people of Houston, Texas.

By virtually any measure, the record of the Republican Majority is an appalling failure.

As Members of Congress, we should not be using public office for private gain.

Anything my staff does in my office is pursuant to congressional rules.

America, I am not ignoring you.

I think the Justice Department needs to be the final protector of the people of the United States of America.

I am a queen, and I demand to be treated like a queen.

To preserve liberty it is essential that the whole body of people always possess arms and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them.

You know, in a business, you have to operate on the basis of voluntary investment by individuals in a cause. With government, there is no voluntary effort to invest capital. It's just taken and invested. And the same accountability is not at play. The same natural forces in the economy are not at pl

Whether it's a penalty or a tax, it's all one in the same. It's coming out of somebody's hard-earned money in their pocketbooks and that's the point. So in some ways, to me, it's a distinction without a difference.

When you have less revenue coming in the door, you have more money going out the door. You have to find ways of trimming.

When you have a country that's been accustomed to government spending at a certain level, it is really hard to ratchet it back.

We ought to have more people who believe in constitutionally limited government. We have to have more people come to Congress with that mindset. I think we can make this a better place, if, when elections happen, we support candidates who share that philosophy.

We can't legislate the creation of jobs, but we can legislate things that will allow jobs to be created.

The Tea Party movement as I perceive it is all about recognizing the difference between state and federal powers. And that there are limits to federal power that need to be respected.

The Tea Party has an important voice in the country and now they have a voice in the U.S. Senate.

The American people want a balanced budget. They want Congress to stop this barbaric practice of perpetual deficit spending. It really, if you think about it, is a form of taxation without representation. We fought a war over that issue and we won that war.