Richard Lugar Quotes on America (7 Quotes)

The president and Congress must be clear with the American people about the stakes involved and the difficulties yet to come.

I am convinced that the majority of American people do understand that we have a moral responsibility to foster the concepts of opportunity, free enterprise, the rule of law, and democracy. They understand that these values are the hope of the world.

A Senate chairman cannot be dictatorial, ultimately, when a majority of the committee, a majority of the Senate, a majority of the American people, want action,

That question is raised frequently by members of the House and Senate of the United States and probably by a number of American taxpayers who would hope that perhaps Russia would assume more and more of the responsibility and expense, ... It's true that at this point the Russians have not been forthcoming with the level of funds that would maintain the pace of the programs, so we are going to be visiting about that.

Even if withdrawal timelines are deemed unwise because they might provide a strategic advantage to the insurgency, the American people need to more fully understand the basis upon which our troops are likely to come home.

American credibility in the world, progress in the war on terrorism, our relationships with our allies, the future of the Middle East, and the fate of Iraqis themselves depend on the resolve of the U.S. government and the American people in achieving a po

give the American people a realistic and clear assessment of our progress in Iraq, even when the indicators are sobering.