Joe Wilson Quotes (66 Quotes)


    The war on Iraq was a disaster, clearly carried out under false pretences.

    College shows are great. They're a fun, captive audience and are more open-minded.

    If you want to worry about something that'll disappear, look at pop music's Top 10. It'll be forgotten before you know it.

    Somebody close to the President of the United States decided that in order to defend Bush's political agenda, that individual or individuals would violate the national security of the country and expose my wife's name and her profession.

    It's a big help, ... It's not going to make us close our doors tomorrow. But it's still a lot of money for any business. It's a blow. They (DA's office) take it very seriously.


    But secondly, with respect to this idea of diplomats not rocking the boat, I think it's important to understand that the American diplomatic service is full of people who are patriots, and who serve their country with great distinction.

    No longer is there a quest for the truth so much as there is this apparent need to present both sides of an issue even if one is nothing but lies and distortions.

    Well, I take great pride in being an American, and I don't believe either party has a monopoly on wisdom.

    Well, the thing that is important to understand in all of this is that it's not a crime that was committed against my wife or me - it was a crime against the country.

    One is that we have 133,000 more potential targets out there, a lot closer to where harm can happen, that we've created another front for terrorism that we're now in the midst of.

    Planning for the future is good. Hopefully 50 percent of it works out. Everyone is aware of the traffic congestion.

    No one should be forced to pay union dues to get or keep a job.

    I know Tom DeLay is a person of integrity. He has epitomized to me what a public official could be.

    It is increasingly clear that the intelligence and the facts were indeed fixed around the policy, and we sent our troops to war under dubious pretenses,

    You have several intelligence services so that you take several different looks at bits of information.

    So far from being disillusioned, my faith in my country has been enhanced by this.

    Absolutely. Sure. There was no doubt about it in her mind. And she wondered for what.

    I did not like fascists when I fought them as a diplomat for 23 years and I don't like them now in my own country.

    The CIA would not have frivolously referred this to the Justice Department if they did not believe a possible crime had been committed, ... Face the Nation.

    I am happy to proclaim to the world my association with DeLay,


    Mr Bush went to the United Nations , I think that that had a lot to do with the influence of the British.

    I pledged 27 years ago when I first went overseas to defend the Constitution of the United States. I've done so throughout my career.

    I believe in our democracy, I don't believe that either party has a monopoly on wisdom.

    Domestic animals are totally dependent upon our grace as humans to provide for their welfare. Everyone should be involved with animal welfare.

    the vice president is one of those people.

    My complaint is not so much about the smear campaign as it is about the laziness of so-called objective journalists who failed to even do basic research.

    At that time in the morning it's not uncommon that fatigue played a factor.

    But what I have to say to people who might come forward is that one of the great things about our democracy is freedom of the press.

    I think he has been a victim of prosecutorial abuse,

    But so far, in the accounts given by reporters about their conversations with administration officials, no such crime has been described. What has been depicted is an administration effort to refute the allegations of a critic (some of which did in fact prove to be untrue) and to undermine his credibility, including by suggesting that nepotism rather than qualifications led to his selection. If such conversations are deemed a crime, journalism and the public will be the losers.

    One must always keep one's government under control.

    Well, very few people outside the intelligence community knew she was CIA. Her parents and her brother, essentially.

    Theirs is in music, and ours is a structure.

    I couldn't hear anything because my ears had been blasted, ... I had temporary hearing loss. The tent was full of smoke and dust. Of course Jim was screaming in pain and bleeding. And I reached for my vest to throw over him to protect him from what else was going to happen.

    The idea, it seemed to me, in going after me and then later making these allegations about my wife, was clearly designed to keep others from stepping forward,

    I think it comes out of the White House political office,

    That said, it will be a cold day in hell before I vote for a Republican in the future.

    Nuclear weapons kill Americans - they don't kill Republicans or Democrats - they kill Americans.

    I think it's important to understand that war must be the last option, because of all the costs and unintended consequences, not to mention the morality and legality of engaging in things like preventive war.

    I have long felt that it is readers and viewers of conservative media who could benefit from a more balanced discussion of what is at stake in our policy and the actions of our government.

    When he published her name-- it was very easy to unravel everything about her, her entire cover. You live your cover.

    So they can say that Joe Wilson supports the Kerry campaign, and that's true.

    This visionary agreement will truly transform US-India relations and is a positive step in the right direction for our two nations. I respectfully request your support.

    I think that Mr Blair really thought that he was getting involved in a disarmament campaign, which was all to the good. I fully supported that.

    I think what has happened as a consequence of what was done to my wife is that people in the CIA have felt there's been breach of trust.

    The traditional arts of this country don't need rescuing,

    We grew up on U2 music, ... We look up to them as a major influence and inspiration.

    A bunch of friends and I were out sandbagging, trying to save other people's houses. I came home about midnight and my parents were saying, 'Let's get out of the house,'

    The government serves the people - not vice-versa.


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