John Danforth Quotes (37 Quotes)

It's time to start the clock ticking on the government of Sudan.

There are very important policy issues and very complicated issues, and some basic factual issues that we think are going to be clarified by the Federal Circuit in about three weeks.

We are very pleased with today's results and very thankful to the considered attention of the jury and the court in this lengthy trial.

we have stated for a long time that the African Union is the key to this and that getting the African Union actually on the ground in Darfur is crucially important -- whether this will be actually facilitated in practice by the Government of Sudan remains to be seen.

I know I will face numerous issues at the United Nations. With only a very short time to prepare, I am hardly an expert in all of the areas that will be in my portfolio.

We can use the conclusion of the north-south peace process as a springboard to end the suffering in Darfur.

The loudest religious voices, whether they're Muslim voices, Christian voices, whatever ... are the people who advocate divisiveness, conflict, differences,

And look what it gets President Bush, ... It just gets him a kick in the rear. That's what they've done to him, and they've done it to him at a time when he's vulnerable, and they've done it at the expense of a perfectly fine human being.

Three issues matter. Abortion, abortion and abortion.

the government of Sudan is clearly on a short leash.

We are expressing confidence in the Secretary General and in his continuing in office,'

The people who believe that religion has entirely different meaning have been strangely silent. I think that it is really time for them to speak out.

France is clearly going to defend French troops and French citizens that are under attack.

Given that the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit is currently scrutinizing this matter, we are somewhat surprised to see this complaint by the FTC,

We were all set to get a U.S. government plane, ... fly Bashir and Garang to Washington for the State of the Union and claim the success of the Naivasha peace talks -- that was nine months ago, there is no reason why this is dragging on.

The path is clear for us to get this case to a jury.

My entire political career, I voted pro-life, and that is exactly why I favor the stem cell initiative. I believe in saving human life. I want cures to be found.

Let the investigation go forward, ... The investigation has to be comprehensive, all the evidence has to come out, there has to be full cooperation with the investigation by all parties.

These are complex cases that merit coordinated decision making. With today's order and our new filing, we are taking steps consistent with the nature of these cases and with our efforts over the past four years to see them resolved in California. While we prefer to resolve issues outside of the courtroom, we believe we have a strong patent position, including patents that issued in the past four years that must be defended appropriately.

By doing this, we give defendants and potential defendants a way to avoid significant exposure to antitrust and patent cases.

Although the government did nothing evil on April 19, 1993, the failure of some of its employees to fully and openly disclose to the American people the use of pyrotechnic devices undermined public confidence in government and caused real damage to our country,

I thought that the students were bright and highly motivated and it was encouraging to have the opportunity to spend some time with them, ... I thought the physical facilities were wonderful.

We're also saying that the investigation is critically important, that there is a cloud over the United Nations, there's no doubt about it, that the only way to dispel the cloud is to let the sunlight in, and that means a thorough investigation.

No one, to my knowledge, has cast doubt on the personal integrity of the secretary-general -- no one -- and we certainly don't.

I really want to be in private life, not public life, ... That was the reason for coming back here. That remains my view. These have been the best six years of my life.

In May, an unexpected political possibility was sort of thrust my way, and at that time it was clear to me that if there was any chance of that coming to pass, it would mean I would have to step down as special counsel and I did not want to step down as special counsel without taking responsibility for the work product,

The subtext of Danforth's report was that if the Waco episode had any valuable lesson, it was that government should come clean about what it knows. When federal authorities refused to admit early on that three pyrotechnic rounds had been fired at the Mount Carmel compound, it tainted their credibility. We want them to learn from this experience the importance of candor, even about very small things, ... Yet government officials were not open enough then They weren't candid enough, they didn't tell, they knew things and they didn't disclose those things, and the result of that is that those who want to believe the worst about government say, 'Aha, this is something that is really bad.' And if government lies about one thing, it will lie about everything, so everything is suspicious. I think the lesson is that government has to be open.

I would say that any of us might disagree with John on any particular political or philosophical point, but I don't know anyone who has questioned his integrity.

We are pleased with this ruling and look forward to proceeding to the patent phase of our case. We have great confidence in our intellectual property position and are pleased with the opportunity to present our position to a jury.

The lifting of the stay in Delaware means that we are for the first time in several years free to assert newer patents against Micron and to challenge newer products.

An investigation is going on in a very serious manner involving fraud and bribery, and that investigation must be conducted in a very full manner, and it must be conducted with an open mind. You can't conduct a fair and full investigation if before it even takes place, or before it's completed, you're already proclaiming that various people are involved or not involved.

Responsibility for the tragedy at Waco rests with certain of the Branch Davidians and their leader, David Koresh,

There's all this talk about the Republican base and the conservative base of the Republican Party, and the conservative base of the president and how it's important to play to the base and please the base and fawn over the base,

we're wondering if the government of Sudan is just using more words, more promises with a view that delay means more death.

We do not look at this as an escalation, but an important step toward resolving these cases as swiftly as possible out of court.

We are continuing to pursue our own antitrust case, which is based in part on the price fixing now being admitted by key members of the DRAM industry.

I don't think there is any breaking news here other than somebody at the FTC is talking about an ongoing investigation.