Dick Durbin Quotes on America (13 Quotes)

It is an element of fairness, an element of opportunity. It basically says in America, we won't let you buy an election. If you're going to come in and try to do that, then you're at least going to give the other candidate a chance to compete.

We have lost over 2,000 of our best and bravest. Over 15,000 have been seriously wounded, ... We are spending more than 6 billion a month, with no end in sight. And this Republican-led Senate Intelligence Committee refuses to even ask the hard questions about the misinformation and disinformation given to the American people, and the efforts made by the members of this administration to cover it up.

Changing Speeds While most Americans savor their last days of summer, Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats are gearing up to ask John Roberts tough questions about his judicial philosophy at his confirmation hearing next week. We need to be sure this institution is in the mainstream of American thinking, ... What we need to do is ask the obvious questions.

it would have put millions of American consumers and families at risk of losing coverage for necessary health care.

If he picks a candidate who clearly satisfies the most extreme, radical element of the Republican Party, that candidate is not going to reflect the values of America and there will be a real fight in the committee and on the floor of the Senate,

Putting Karl Rove in charge makes no sense whatsoever, ... He has no resume and no skills other than running political campaigns -- and if he is being put in place to protect the president politically, that decision does not serve the best interests of the American people, nor of the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

America will be there. I'm not sure in what capacity or to what extent, but we will be there, ... Late Edition.

How soon will these Iraqi battalions be prepared to defend their own nation so America can come home

Appearing with Hatch on CBS's Face the Nation, ... is not what America is all about. Those aren't the values that we're fighting for.

We will have health care reform in America.

It is only with valid, credible, good intelligence that we are able to anticipate someone who is trying to cause harm to the American people or to strike us in our territory or to, frankly, attack our special interests around the world. Intelligence is a critical part of our national defense.

The president and the vice president must be held accountable. Accountable for misleading the American people, accountable for the disclosure of classified material for political purposes. It is as serious as it gets in this democracy.

The illegal trafficking in prescription medications constitutes a particularly troublesome aspect of the substance abuse problem in America.