Bill Bradley Quotes (135 Quotes)

What you need for a pension fund is a steady, reliable flow of dollars well off into the future and that's what you get with trees. That's what's magic about them.

The vice president was the vice president, ... He was not critical of the president.

For a long time, I operated under the Chinese proverb that there are four kinds of leaders: those who you laugh at, those who you hate, those who you love and those who you don't even know that they're leaders.

Bradley told a crowd of cheering college students on Wednesday that it would be risky for the Democrats to run Gore against a Republican reformer like McCain. McCain will beat him like a drum, ... I don't think he's a credible reform candidate.

If now is not the time to address the needs of the 44 million uninsured Americans 11 million of them children when is

Gays and lesbians are no different than the rest of us. We have to respect them and accord them the dignity that every person in this room deserves.

What you see is what I call an elaborate Gore dance,

However, I have serious questions about our policy. We are escalating our commitment without establishing a clear exit strategy. As with Bosnia, we run the risk of becoming bogged down in a quagmire whose end we cannot predict or control,

The only way to be true to our American tradition is to maintain absolute governmental neutrality regarding religious beliefs and practices.

I'll be laying out what I think are important things for this country to do in these times of unprecedented prosperity. And I'll have a special message for young people in the country,

Today, at a time of unparalleled prosperity, I look out over a nation and I see that nearly one-fifth of our children are ill-fed, ill-house, and ill-educated,

There has never been a great athlete who died not knowing what pain is.

I think (the endorsement) will send a very clear message that I belong to the people of the country, and the people will have their say,

When you are in the public, you can't act as if you are private. You are only private when the door shuts behind you.

The game is still full of joy and the lessons learned from it stay with you . . . even though the game has changed, the old values still flow through it.

Leaders should be collaborative, modest, and generous.

(The war) was not popular. I didn't support it, ... But I feel I had an obligation to serve, and this was the way I chose to do it.

Asked if Gore was fit ... The American people will make that decision... I think I'm a better candidate.

Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.

Our program would cost between 50 and 65 billion to make sure 95 percent of all Americans have health insurance. We can get this right,

That was a tragedy but what it said to me was that the real tragedy was how deeply racial profiling had seeped into the police department.

shows that he's man who thinks for himself, and I think that it shows that he's a man who believes I'd be the best president for this country in the next four years. That's what I believe and I'm glad we agree.

Trying to take money out of politics is like trying to take jumping out of basketball.

the kinds of things I've been talking about are the kinds of things that will improve their lives in terms of increasing the number of people with health insurance, helping those with low incomes, in terms of providing for continuing education and in terms of making it easier to organize.

Al Gore clearly has the vision... it's a much better vision than that of George W. Bush.

white Americans are in denial of black Americans' contributions through slavery, through Jim Crow (segregation laws) ... and I believe we can change that through a major new investment in education.

What I am proposing today will not by itself change the culture that has produced what is perhaps the most intractable American problem this century. The programs outlined are only a start,

I think that the people of Maine aren't going to listen to pollsters and pundits, ... I think they're going to vote their hearts and their convictions.

Despite the lack of victory tonight ... We shaped the national debate and brought Democratic issues to the fore,

There are independents ... who make their judgments at any particular moment based on how they feel and where they think the country is headed,

I have not accepted a case for investigation because of the initiative. It treats victims so unfair.

But the problems that called forth that effort have not failed and it is time to try again but in a different way.

I don't think it's all locked up for Gore ... People make their own independent judgments in this matter. My approach is going right to the members.

Lowell is a very instrumental player in health care in the United States and I think what he will have to say about health care will be very straightforward in terms of telling the truth.

There's something about Al Gore I don't trust. I don't quite know what it is.

You have said that I am going to destroy Medicaid without saying what I plan to replace it with. (Your assertions) that my plan would hurt African Americans and Latinos have offended me,

Democratic voters spoke and selected Vice President Gore as our nominee. I'm here in Green Bay today because I believe what Vince Lombardi once said is true Winning is a team sport,

I hope that all leaders in this country will be innovative in trying to find ways to reach out to people to challenge their best instincts as opposed to playing to their worst instincts.

Eliminating child poverty is a big goal, ... The first step is the commitment I am making here today.

Every time I have some moment on a seashore, or in the mountains, or sometimes in a quiet forest, I think this is why the environment has to be preserved.

Yes, I went to the House of Justice in Harlem, last summer to a community meeting that Rev. Sharpton invited me to attend,

This is the civil rights issue of our time, ... It is no longer blocking schools. It is having the justice department in this country finally providing equal justice for all.

I knew when I got into this race that it wouldn't be easy. Anything worth fighting for in life rarely is,

Leadership is unlocking people's potential to become better.

either you lead from hope or you lead from fear. It's obvious from Al Gore's attacks on Bill Bradley that he lacks confidence in his own agenda for the country.

My case to labor is that I respect them and I respect their role in getting a higher standard of living for people in this country. I was a labor leader myself, and my wife is a labor union member.

If you're timid in your candidacy, you're going to be timid in your presidency and that's not why I want to be president.

What we have to do is allow the people to set the agenda for this country and not the special interests through campaign finance reform,

No Democrat would have come to South Carolina as George W. Bush did last week and give a speech at Bob Jones University about the new conservatism,

All I have are the people.