Senator Quotes

I simply cannot vote for Senator Obama because he's not pro-life.

Obviously if you are an accountant, a criminal lawyer, a president, or a senator, or if you work in a funeral parlor, you have to wear a tie, but more and more people are wearing very casual clothes.

I think he intends to run for president... I think Senator McCain cares about the opinions of New Hampshire voters.

I am a freeman, an American, a United States Senator, and a Democrat, in that order.

I asked a man in prison once how he happened to be there and he said he had stolen a pair of shoes. I told him if he had stolen a railroad he would be a United States Senator.

I'm running for senator because it's time for a change.

So, the point I'm making is, we are not going to cut spending in Washington if we think it's the job of every congressman and senator is to pave local parking lots and build local sewer plants. These parochial interests are getting in the way of the national interests.

Senator Martinez is not driven by polls; he is driven by the needs of the state of Florida and its 17 million constituents.

As a Senator I am opposed to duelling. As Ben. Wade, I recognize the code.

Barbara Boxer is the most bitterly partisan, most anti-defense senator in the United States Senate today. I know that because I've had the unpleasant experience of having to serve with her.

I believe that any candidate who supports the war should not receive our support. It doesn't matter if they're Senator Clinton or whoever.

Senator, we just don't use that kind of language on the floor of the Senate.

I think George Allen from Virginia was a distinguished governor, he's a distinguished senator and head of the Senatorial Campaign Committee and won some significant victories. He is a very attractive guy and would make a tremendous president.

Senator, I served with Jack Kennedy, I knew Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy.

We have the Terminator as governor, and we had an actor as president, so why shouldn't we have a fashion designer as a senator?

Has there ever been a more revealing moment this year? Let me just put this in fairly simple terms: Al Jazeera now broadcasts the words of Senator Durbin to the Mideast, certainly putting our troops in greater danger. No more needs to be said about the motives of liberals.

As a Michigan senator, I feel a special responsibility to protect the Great Lakes. They are not only a source of clean drinking water for more than 30 million people but are also an integral part of Michigan's heritage and its economy.

I was very productive as a senator for my state.

When you're told to go brief a United States senator on a covert operation, you go do it. And you trust the information isn't going to leak.

I don't want to be a senator.

Senator Douglas was very small, not over four and a half feet height, and there was a noticeable disproportion between the long trunk of his body and his short legs. His chest was broad and indicated great strength of lungs.

Except for the title 'father,' there is no title, including 'vice president,' that I am more proud to wear than that of United States senator.

As a governor and senator, John Chafee set the standard for honesty and decency that the rest of us on our best days could only dream to emulate.

My first meeting as a senator, my first day, they were already talking about the next election. Part of that's the permanent campaign, part of that's a word I've been using more frequently, 'tribal.' Our politics has become tribal: It's us versus them.

At that time a senator who was on the Joint Committee of Atomic Energy said rather quietly, 'You know, we're having a little problem with waste these days.' I didn't know what he meant then, but I know now.

Today I am announcing my support for Senator Barack Obama for President of the United States of America.

Had the decision belonged to Senator Kerry, Saddam hussein would still be in power today in Iraq. In fact, Saddam Hussein would almost certainly still be in control of Kuwait.

Once I was standing in line to buy a telephone and Senator Wirth was in line with me. The next day the New York Times reported that we'd both purchased telephones and what price we'd paid!

The 21st Amendment gives the states the right to decide what the drinking ages should be and other aspects relative to alcoholic beverages, and I support that. As a United States senator, I want to weigh in - this is not my agenda.

The fact is that we wouldn't be in Iraq if it weren't for Democrats like Senator Kerry.