Charles Pickering Quotes (12 Quotes)

People used to ask me if it didn't bother me that they were saying things against me that were not true. Well, it would have bothered me a lot more if it had been true. I couldn't live with myself if what they said was true.

They accuse the Bush nominees of being out of the mainstream of American thought, but polls indicate clearly that the positions they (liberal special interest groups) hold are the ones that are way, way out of the mainstream of American thought.

I knew in advance what they were going to say about John Roberts. They were going to say that he was a threat to these rights. That he was out of the mainstream, and they said that before they had ever researched his record. Doesn't matter.

I thought I was uncontroversial, and I thought I would just slide through. I naively told people that I was a non-controversial nominee.

One of the ways to try to improve the confirmation process is to write and tell what it's all about, believing that if the American people are aware of things, they will take action on their own. It's part of creating an awareness of what the battle is all about.

I'm sure that the mayor thought he gave you the list and that was sufficient,

When we've got a group that's as enthusiastic as they are and that has the energy and desire to make something work, I want to make sure we tap into that, ... You don't get that kind of enthusiasm very often.

Larry Kennedy would not have chosen to have ALS - none of us would. But he has accepted his diagnosis with grace and dignity and continued to live by faith.

This is where we're talking about federal government and rapid response. And those two normally don't go together.

This is a devastated area trying to get people back to work, working with companies from all over the country. But not their own companies, ... As you can imagine, that creates a lot of frustration.

Dailey is definitely not a leader he's a bully. It's his way or the highway. If you disagree with him, he attempts to intimidate rather than discuss it.

We need to understand the perspective of the other race, and we need to understand that compromise is not a dirty word.