Joseph Lieberman Quotes (126 Quotes)

There is some good news in this report today, which is that this video game industry one has the best rating system of any entertainment industry. And it has done more to respond to the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) report last fall that said that the entertainment industry was marketing adult rated products to kids,

I was disappointed because the president of the United States had just confessed to engaging in an extramarital affair with a young woman in his employ and to willfully deceiving the nation about his conduct.

Overall, I hope it brings President Bush and the administration closer to the center to negotiate with us and create a bipartisan government.

If this memo is what it looks like, I'm afraid that the folks at Arthur Andersen could be on the other end of an indictment before this is over,

The president has defended his choice not to increase the defense budget by saying he first wants to conduct a strategic review before making any decisions about spending levels,

I think we've got to be very careful here not to let the temperature rise too high about the Bush administration involvement at this point,

There have been specific criticisms about their reliability, visibility and understandability, ... And there've been general complaints that the ratings don't provide parents with enough information about content, about the levels of sex, violence and vulgarity in the product to make the right choice for their children.

It is time for President Bush to deal with the fiscal crisis facing America, but cutting education is the wrong way to fix it.

Wes Clark put forward a middle class tax plan, but it only helps a quarter of middle class families, none without minor children at home, ... And mine helps 98 percent of the middle class.

The moment of truth has arrived for Saddam Hussein.

I fought for McCain-Feingold because I believed it was not just consistent with the Constitution, it was necessary to preserve its basic promise of one person, one vote and stop the corrosive influence of big money on our political system,

From the beginning, I was a strong supporter of the war in Iraq against Saddam Hussein. He was a dictator, warmonger, terrorist, outlaw, murderer, torturer, thief, and thug.

We have until 2012 to meet Kyoto ... and it doesn't make sense

If we produce separate agendas, we risk conflict and a fragmented approach. But if we work together, our chances of achieving success multiply.

The checks go more for the integrity of the person and not necessarily how the person will perform under the kind of pressure that Katrina has put people under, ... Biography and resumes are important, but ultimately there are qualities of leadership you look for that you can't see on a piece of paper.

I support such a review, ... But the reality is that we don't need the results of a strategic study to know that there are some pressing problems in our military that demand our attention and our assistance now.

I hope that we can let go of the anger and the passions and some of the divisions that have consumed us in recent times, because the independent counsel law is not about sex scandals and spin doctors and mud throwing,

Opportunity means advancing American values in the world by protecting human rights, meeting human needs, and opening global markets.

There's too much trash, too much violence and ultra-sexual activity without any sense of the consequences and that's bound to have an effect on society, ... I fear that the public may demand more regulation because they fear that our children and our country is being made more violent and more immoral by what's being seen.

The ones we rate badly, the ones that we're saying to parents are dangerous, they reward the kids who are playing the games for successfully completing violent acts.

If the federal government is to be a positive presence in society, and best serve the people it represents, it must aggressively harness these new technologies,

There was a fork in the road that went in a different direction, ... But you're still young. You still have time.

at a crisis stage.

We know that they were trading fast and loose with offshore corporate entities that were hiding their debt from the public, ... We know that they were saying things to the public ... about how the stock was going to go up and, at the same time, they were selling their stock right then. This is not capitalism as we want it to be.

The blame for the war is Saddam Hussein's, ... Inside Politics.

The danger of terrorists and rogue states is compounded by the proliferation of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons.