We must rekindle the fire of idealism in our society, for nothing suffocates the promise of America more than unbounded cynicism and indifference.
This nuclear option is ultimately an example of the arrogance of power.
In the middle of a recession, where we’re just climbing out of it, where the economy -unemployment is still at 9.7 percent, the idea of raising taxes and reducing spending is a prescription for disaster.
This is absolutely bizarre that we continue to subsidize highways beyond the gasoline tax, airlines, and we don’t subsidize, we don’t want to subsidize a national rail system that has environmental impact.
Don’t tell me what you value. Show me your budget and I’ll tell you what you value.
Let’s just be smart this time. I’m looking for smart.
The Middle East is hopeful. There’s hope there.
You know you’re a success when you look at your kids and realize they turned out better than you.
When the stock market crashed, Franklin Roosevelt got on the television and didn’t just talk about the princes of greed. He said, ‘Look, here’s what happened.’
But I was amazed at how organized the Palestinian election authority was, how competent they were in setting up their polling places and the poll workers they had.
When violence against women is no longer societally accepted, no longer kept secret; when everyone understands that even one case is too many. That’s when it will change.
The Recovery Act is working, but it’s going to continue to work. It’s not over. A lot’s going to happen this summer. And even after the summer, there’s more to come with the act.
I do not believe that we have a right to tell other people, women, that they can’t control their bodies.
[on Trump] This guy’s shame has no limits.
It is my view that we cannot conduct foreign policy at the extremes.
A lucky person gets up in the morning, puts both feet on the floor, knows what they’re about to do and thinks it still matters.
Life is a matter of really tough choices.
You get a lawyer whether you’re in a military tribunal or whether you’re in a federal court, number one. The attorney general decided that the court with the biggest – with the greatest venue, with the best jurisdiction was the New York court. That was the right decision to make.
Now, people when I say that look at me and say, ‘What are you talking about, Joe? You’re telling me we have to go spend money to keep from going bankrupt?’. The answer is yes, that’s what I’m telling you.
Just talk to me as a father – not what the Constitution says. What do you feel?
I believe health care is a basic right. If education – you’re entitled to an education, why wouldn’t you be entitled to adequate health care? Period.
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