Joe Lieberman Quotes - Page 2

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• The anti-tax-cut, soft-on-defense, big-spending Democrats will take the Democratic Party to the edge and maybe over.

  Joe Lieberman

  Party, Cutting, Defense

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• The way we're really going to grow the economy is to invest in people, to invest in innovation, to have the federal government put money in the kind of research that will create the new high-technology, bio-technology industries that will create the millions of new jobs.

  Joe Lieberman

  Jobs, Technology, Government

  Joe Lieberman at Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate at Private University in New York City, New York, www.nbcnews.com. September 25, 2003.

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• Today, we can see with our own eyes what global warming is doing. In that context it becomes truly irresponsible, if not immoral, for us not to do something.

  Joe Lieberman

  Eye, Today, Global Warming

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• Senator Barack Obama is a gifted and eloquent young man who I think can do great things for our country.

  Joe Lieberman

  Country, Men, Thinking

  2008 Republican National Convention Speech, Delivered 2 September 2008, Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota

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• Community means engaging constructively with like-minded nations to build strong, sustaining institutions and alliances - and bringing emerging powers into this community so future conflict becomes less likely.

  Joe Lieberman

  Strong, Mean, Community

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• I believe the president wants this bill, and I know he's taken some steps to bring it about, ... The reality is that with a majority of the members of the House ready to vote for this bill, the speaker refused to call a roll call.

  Joe Lieberman

  Believe, Taken, Reality

  "No compromise yet on intelligence bill", www.cnn.com. November 29, 2004.

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• We cannot fulfill that purpose [environmentalism] if we are heaping contempt on God's creation.

  Joe Lieberman

  Scary, God's Creation, Purpose

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• I share the anger, but, ultimately, to govern this country, it takes more than anger. It takes experience. It takes positions that reflect the best values of the American people.

  Joe Lieberman

  Country, Anger, People

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• I support such a review, ... But the reality is that we don't need the results of a strategic study to know that there are some pressing problems in our military that demand our attention and our assistance now.

  Joe Lieberman

  Military, Reality, Support

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• I mean, accidents happen. You learn from them and you try to make sure they don't happen again.

  Joe Lieberman

  Mean, Trying, Accidents Happen

  "Lieberman on Gulf Spill: “Accidents Happen” by Kate Sheppard, www.motherjones.com. May 5, 2010.

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• I also know that there have been many times in our history when the proximity of an election has induced exactly the kind of leadership and consensus-building that produce progress in our democracy.

  Joe Lieberman

  Leadership, Consensus Building, Democracy

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• I support development and deployment of a limited national missile defense. Few if any of our duties surpass our obligation to provide for the common defense of our nation.

  Joe Lieberman

  Deployment, Support, Defense

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• 'This is America,' my father used to say to me, 'and in this country, a smart young fellow like you can grow up and do just about anything.' My dad, no doubt, was thinking doctor, lawyer, teacher, scientist or businessman. I was thinking second baseman, New York Yankees.

  Joe Lieberman

  Baseball, Country, Teacher

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• Every day, first responders put their own lives on the line to ensure our safety. The least we can do is make sure they have the tools to protect and serve their communities.

  Joe Lieberman

  Protect And Serve, Safety, Community

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• The essential facts are known. We know of the weapons in Saddam's possession: chemical, biological, and nuclear in time. We know of his unequaled willingness to use them. We know his history. His invasions of his neighbors. His dreams of achieving hegemonic control over the Arab world. His record of anti-American rage. His willingness to terrorize, to slaughter, to suppress his own people and others. We need not stretch to imagine nightmare scenarios in which Saddam makes common cause with the terrorists who want to kill us Americans and destroy our way of life.

  Joe Lieberman

  Dream, Iraq, People

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• If the bill remains what it is now, I will not be able to support a cloture motion before final passage. Therefore I will try to stop the passage of the bill.

  Joe Lieberman

  Support, Trying, Finals

  "Lieberman: Sure, I’d Filibuster A Health Care Reform Bill With A Public Option". talkingpointsmemo.com. October 27, 2009.

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• Let us break through some of the inhibitions that have existed to talk together across the flimsy line of separation of faith: to talk together, to study together, to pray together and ultimately to sing together His Holy name.

  Joe Lieberman

  Break Through, Names, Scary

  "Lieberman and Religion Seem to Be an Easy Mix". Speech at the Fellowship Chapel Church, Detroit, articles.latimes.com. August 28, 2000.

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• If they prescribe pain killers that may increase the possibility of death so long as their specific intention was not to end life." "Doctors should do everything they can to reduce pain, but not to administer drugs to end life, I think we go over a line then.

  Joe Lieberman

  Pain, Thinking, Doctors

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• Tonight I am going with my wife to a Democratic party, where we're going to...try to be happy.

  Joe Lieberman

  Party, Wife, Trying

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• I also urge the Obama administration - both on its own and in cooperation with other responsible governments around the world - to use all legal means necessary to shut down WikiLeaks before it can do more damage by releasing additional cables. WikiLeaks' activities represent a shared threat to collective international security.

  Joe Lieberman

  Mean, Responsible Government, Around The World

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• It is time for Democrats who distrust President Bush to acknowledge that he will be commander in chief for three more critical years, and that in matters of war we undermine presidential credibility at our nation's peril.

  Joe Lieberman

  War, Years, Presidential

  "Lieberman's Iraq Views Rankle Some Democrats". www.foxnews.com. December 10, 2005.

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• The difference in this town - here in Washington - on the war is not between Democrats and Republicans; it's between people who believe essentially we've already lost in Iraq and it's time to get out - and most of the rest of us.

  Joe Lieberman

  War, Believe, Winning

  "Iraqi Elections See Massive Turnout Despite Some Violence; General Casey Pleased with Elections; Bush, Congress Reach Compromise on Torture Measure; New York City Transit Strike Looms". "Your World Today", edition.cnn.com. December 16, 2005.

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• We have reached an important milestone and achieved a new momentum in reaching a goal all Americans should embrace - building a secure, peaceful, democratic Iraq that is no longer a threat to the United States or the international community.

  Joe Lieberman

  Iraq, Goal, Community

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• I've spent the last year listening to Americans, and the state of the union that George W. Bush lives in is very different from the state that most hardworking Americans are living in.

  Joe Lieberman

  Years, Listening, Different

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• The promise of education reform can never be fulfilled without adequate funding, and by shortchanging our schools, President Bush is breaking his promise to our children.

  Joe Lieberman

  Children, School, Promise

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