Joe Lieberman Quotes on America (19 Quotes)

I think Al Gore's going to be himself, ... And I think the important thing ... is that he will clarify the choice that the American people have in what seems to be the closest presidential election in 40 years.

I share the anger, but, ultimately, to govern this country, it takes more than anger. It takes experience. It takes positions that reflect the best values of the American people.

He obviously wouldn't support it if he thought it would do any damage to the American military, ... So, how can two members of the House stand up to the commander in chief and somehow say that they're going to protect the war fighter better than the president or the rest of us are.

When you are asking the American people to support you for president, you have to be able to take a clear position for what you think is right for the country and stick with it, have the guts to stick with it.

It was wrong at the eleventh hour to try to attach this energy and environment measure to a bill whose sole purpose is to provide funding for the American military at a time of war.

The Bush administration seems intent on compromising the beauty and tranquility of the great natural gifts that we've been given here in the United States of America. The president says he's a compassionate conservative. But isn't it true that a truly compassionate conservative would do everything he could to conserve the beautiful gifts of nature that God has given us.

It gives America's native ingenuity and private-sector entrepreneurship the help they need from government that will enable them to build a new century of progress and upward mobility for the American people.

We're going to do this on a nonpartisan basis, just as the 911 commission itself acted on a nonpartisan basis, ... The matter of national security, protecting the American people from terrorist attack, obviously transcends any partisan considerations.

Dear Lord, maker of all miracles, I thank you for bringing me to this extraordinary moment in my life. And Al Gore, I thank you for making this miracle possible for me and breaking this barrier for the rest of America forever.

Most of the American people want only a little help every now and then as they work so hard to make their lives better, ... and that is exactly what we together should do for them.

His record here in Texas, it's been a bad one. Texas has the most toxic pollutants in the country. Houston, where I am this morning, now has the dirtiest air in America and it's affecting people's health.

Our conversation was warm and cordial, ... We talked about areas in which we can work together -- opportunities for bipartisan agreements that the American people expect of us.

This is an American tragedy of enormous proportions and it's going to take a long time to bring it back to where it was let alone better.

I hope that all of us in both parties who have said that we have to stay in Iraq and finish the job in pursuit of our own values and of our own security will pull together and make it happen and not be part of a chorus of doubters that will undermine the support of the American people more,

We need to ensure our men and women in uniform are equipped with the very best money can buy. We also have to make sure critical military technologies are developed in America and that the U.S. defense manufacturing base remains healthy and strong.

Leadership on the American side and the European side can bring us closer, ... hate us all equally.

We can laugh at some of this stuff, but that is downright offensive. That is not the America I love and those are not the type of judges I will nominate, I promise that. ... They talk about compassion, but then they go ahead and try to pack our courts with judges who are trying to take away the rights of Americans, particularly the rights of women.

If you ask me whether the best use of 1 trillion of American taxpayer money in the coming years is to land a mission on Mars or the moon, I'd say no,

If this Administration doesn't show some economic leadership soon, the American Dream will be harder and harder for millions of Americans to realize.