Latest Joe Manchin Quotes from Interviews

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• Intelligence is to provide the facts to us. The facts will usually take you to the truth. And then, when we get the truth, we have got to make the decisions and do what's best for this country.

  Joe Manchin

  Country, Decision

  Source: www.pbs.org

• You can't force people to buy a product, and then if they don't buy it, you fine them.

  Joe Manchin

  People

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

• I don't look at Putin as a friend. I don't look at Russia. And I am very skeptical of what they're doing, their intentions. There are a lot of good people in Russia that don't have any say whatsoever. And they're starting to basically express their frustration, and starting marching, and hopefully getting their point across. So we've got to make sure that we put the hurt on the oligarchs, all the money, the way the money flows through Russia, and the people that benefit by it.

  Joe Manchin

  Hurt, Frustration, People

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

• We've got oligarchs. There are certain people that benefit in the Russian sphere if you will. The oligarchs who basically feed Putin, they've got to be hurt without hurting the people. The people are hurting bad enough in Russia, and they're very skeptical of what's going on and all of the corruption goes on in Russia. Russia is not our ally. Russia is not our friend. And to treat Putin as an ally and a friend is wrong.

  Joe Manchin

  Hurt, People, Corruption

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

• I just can't understand why we don't go forward and put more sanctions.

  Joe Manchin

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

• Russia is not our friend.

  Joe Manchin

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

• We know the Russians did everything they could to be involved in our campaign. We know that what they're doing around the world right now, whether it be in France or other parts of the world. They'll do anything they can to disrupt any type of a freedom, if you will, or a democracy, or an involvement where there's an orderly transfer of power. That's not for them. They're going to do what they can. We have to make sure we stop it.

  Joe Manchin

  Democracy, World, Involvement

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

• I've lost over 800 West Virginians the last year. Lost their lives to opiate and drug addiction. This is something that we've got to fight. We need to have treatment centers that take care of people. We need to start basically education from kindergarten all the way through adulthood. We need to get involved and stop this epidemic that's going on that's just ravaging.

  Joe Manchin

  Fighting, People, Addiction

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

• Let me tell you, we're still the best country on earth and we're going to take care of our people and we're going to protect this country and the people here.

  Joe Manchin

  Country, People, Earth

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

• If you're wanting to do policy, it should be bipartisan.

  Joe Manchin

  Should, Policy, Bipartisan

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

• I`m determined that Iran will not get a nuclear weapon.

  Joe Manchin

  Iran, Nuclear, Weapons

  Source: www.nbcnews.com