Quotations

«Despite occasional policy differences between us, I have long respected Jim Jeffords' integrity, and his conscientious service to his constituents and to the nation,»

«[All this leaves McCain less than optimistic. The fact that his bill got 54 votes in this past session, almost all of them Democratic, doesn't mean much. Everyone knew it wouldn't pass, so it was a free gesture.] Let's accept the premise that Congress is not going to institute a reform that changes a system that dramatically favors incumbents, ... So what would make them change would only be public opinion and pressure. Some of us believe that pressure is strong and is going to get stronger as a result of the Thompson committee hearings. The question is, 'Is that pressure going to be strong enough?'»

«...Sound foreign policy is more than arms control, foreign aid and paying (United Nations) dues,»

«or we will adequately protect neither.»

«We should exhibit no self doubt to our friends, ... Credibility is a strategic asset.»

«whether we like it or not.»

«When a major airline goes on a route that a new entrant has gone into, reduces fares, increases capacity, and then when the new entrant goes off, they leave the route, that's not competition.»

«We're looking forward to the playoffs that are going to begin tomorrow, ... I'm sure the folks in New Hampshire aren't going to be affected much by the Iowa caucuses.»

«There was extreme discomfort on the floor yesterday about the way this thing was headed, ... I believe the prime motivating factor was that we saw that we were not going to be able to carry out our constitutional responsibility unless we carve some kind of bipartisan agreement.»

«I think we're a long way from 'falling apart,' ... We could never be placed in the position where the terms of this agreement were dictated to us by the tobacco companies.»