Chris Dodd Quotes (25 Quotes)

I think the winner tonight was the American public. This was a very good debate, civil debate. I know it probably lacked the fireworks that some would have wanted, but I thought it was a very competent explanation of the two points of view,

Those of us who have come to know him can only admire his courage and perseverance in the face of adversity that would wither, wither the will of other men.

You can impeach a federal judge in this country for the failure to demonstrate good behavior during his tenure. I don't think we want to apply that standard to the future of the presidency. So the standard for evicting, convicting, evicting him from the White House is a very high standard indeed.

And I think it was a huge mistake to put another chair at the House managers' table for Mr. Starr, and to create sort of a sideshow here which I think runs the risk of causing the Senate, this fragile bipartisanship we've been able to hold together here, you run the risk, I say very sincerely, you run the risk of shattering that, ... Face the Nation.

... Remember, the most damaging evidence about Mr. Bolton came from 15 members of the Bush administration. You've got 102 former ambassadors, many of them Republicans, coming out of the Reagan and Bush years, that urged us not to confirm Mr. Bolton. This chief of staff of Colin Powell said he'd make a horrible ambassador for the United States.

I thought Joe did a fabulous job, as the vice president did on Tuesday night, of laying out of the significant differences that exist with regard to Social Security and Medicare.

abuse of the process.

I think there is a question of fearing that if we know more, there is apt to be more panic. And I understand that calculation, but I think it is a miscalculation,

I assume those numbers are correct, because the governor was asked twice tonight to respond to those statistics and refused to challenge them. That is a record on health care that the American people should know about.

He convinced me that he will exercise judgment based on the law and the facts of a particular matter,

Twenty percent of our population is made up of children, yet children are 100 percent of our future,

Because they breathe more times per minute than adults, they are more susceptible to biological or chemical agents, ... Because their skin is thinner than that of adults, they are more susceptible to toxic agents that can pass through skin.

What did the vice president know What were his intentions ... Fox News Sunday.

designed intentionally to erect artificial barriers to minorities, the elderly and poor, the disabled and language minorities.

Connecticut consumers need an adequate power supply at a fair rate, and frankly, the ISO plan just doesn't cut it, ... The FERC commissioners need to reject this proposal and go back to the drawing board. If not, the Connecticut delegation stands ready, willing, and able to propose legislation to fix this problem.

I thought there might be a few people around. I had no idea that I would encounter this incredible turnout, ... Watching these Connecticut Yankees get ready to help some Cajuns in Louisiana, southerners in Mississippi and Alabama, is a great sight. If you want to know what America looks like, what we ought to look like, take a look at the picture behind you. This is America at its very, very best.

I want to express my sincere appreciation to President Carter. As far as I know, it is entirely unprecedented in the 17 years of the BRAC process for a former commander in chief to write to save a particular military base from closure.

I understand how you may be forced into a situation earlier than you'd like where you might not have everything you want, but it's now going into the third year,

Im very proud of my state, my constituents, my governor, ... Im proud of the people in the legislature and others who are all taking steps to make a contribution to alleviate the hardships that have fallen on our fellow citizens. Its a great, great day.

The obsession with this one individual at the expense of 11 million others is, in my view, wrong,

My hope is many of the problems we saw recently hopefully can be alleviated or at least lessened, ... These aren't just glitches. They can have a profound impact on our elections. We need to do everything in our power to ensure that voters not only are able to vote, but have that vote counted.

I am proud to nominate the first Jewish candidate for vice president, my colleague and my friend Joseph Lieberman, ... Al Gore, you could not have made a better choice for the vice presidential candidate of the United States.

We are now appraising what's happening on North Korea, we are about to allow free travel to Libya, we are hoping to break new ground in Iran,

I think there's going to be an urge by the majority to demonstrate that they can produce legislation, not just impeachments and trials. And the president clearly is going to want to show that there's something more to his legacy than having been impeached and tried.

This is just unacceptable we go this length of time without discussing this in full and in the public,