Richard Lugar Quotes (61 Quotes)

Americans who may be going to the largest embassy we've ever had.

The president and Congress must be clear with the American people about the stakes involved and the difficulties yet to come.

We all should have been advised. When the administration needs support, it needs members of Congress to have full information so they can be constructive partners.

It seems very clear to me that when the president returns home ... we better be prepared for the military strike,

I noted the dramatic improvement in U.S.-Libyan relations and stressed the U.S. commitment to a continually improving relationship as cooperation between our countries grows,

Our committee hopes to provide a whole lot more so the debate might be enlightened, ... Fox News Sunday.

I know Judge Roberts is keenly and humbly aware of the large shoes he has now been asked to fill, the more so since the late chief justice was his own initial boss when he arrived in Washington a quarter-century ago,

are almost twice as likely to lack health insurance as the general population.

We cannot assume that the establishment of democratic institutions in Iraq in the short term will yield a corresponding diminishment of the insurgency,

By providing this draft legislation to the Senate and the House of Representatives, the administration has taken the first step in initiating the congressional review of the US-Indian Civilian Nuclear Agreement.

We must perfect a worldwide system of accountability for nuclear, biological and chemical weapons.

We're going to need at least some idea, which we used to get daily when the war was going on, the hostilities in Iraq.

When the withdrawal occurs, sometimes the insurgents return, and this comes from the fact that we cannot leave forces behind. They are at a premium to find other places,

Our central question today is what more can be done,

The time frame is very small to disarm the militia, to bring about a security situation in which the governing council, the 24 Iraqis or however many others they appoint, can govern the country.

We are not certain as to why or the particular activity that caused that delay, ... We are pleased that our flight was able to continue to Kiev, albeit three hours later.

These are issues that are not either black or white, but they are issues that are compassionate,

If you're asking if the resolution should be dependent on the allies, I don't think that is going to fly and my guess is this really has to be a commitment of what we're going to do,

There are no shortcuts to victory. We must commit ourselves to the slow, painstaking work of foreign policy day by day and year by year.

Huge stockpiles of weapons left over from previous times in Ukraine are dangerous for the people of this country as well as for other countries,

Congress has been polarized, is fractious, as the president and others have observed.

I am convinced that the majority of American people do understand that we have a moral responsibility to foster the concepts of opportunity, free enterprise, the rule of law, and democracy. They understand that these values are the hope of the world.

Other Republicans echoed Specter's dismay. I am disappointed that Gov. William Weld did not receive a hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, ... The advice and consent procedure provided by our Constitution strongly suggests that many Senators will want to question a presidential nominee and that the nominee will have an opportunity to respond to public questions and criticism.

It's unfortunate. It illustrates a dysfunctional state where the left and right hand don't know what either is doing and people are enforcing their whims of the day without deference to the world.

Growing up in Indiana, one learns early on that talent and accomplishments count -- but honesty and integrity count more, ... For Hoosiers, the term 'Midwestern values' is not a cliche but a way of life, passed on by word and living example from one generation to the next.

If I could offer but one helpful hint to young Hoosiers hoping to better their odds for success in life, I would simply note the importance of thoughtful reading.

Permanent instability or civil war in Iraq could set back American interests in the Middle East for a generation, increasing anti-Americanism, multiplying the threats from tyrants and terrorists and reducing our credibility.

A Senate chairman cannot be dictatorial, ultimately, when a majority of the committee, a majority of the Senate, a majority of the American people, want action,

I would like to raise my glass to friendship between Russia and the United States.

This is a fundamental change and is a change probably in the tactics of our military, so that our people will be more mobile, more available at other places all over the earth.

By furthering the use of ethanol, farmers are presented with the opportunity to produce a cash crop by collecting their agricultural wastes.

profound, gut feeling about the place of the United States in the world - strength and vulnerability.

I do not believe that the judgments of members of the committee, even if there are additional facts or persons coming forward, are likely to change, ... Fox News Sunday.

Although Congress and the president have agreed on the need to provide financial help to farmers, ... the Clinton administration has not focused sufficient attention on the broader problems facing agriculture.

his dedication to the community and continued effort to promote fitness.

We really have to be in negotiations we have to be talking, ... I think the idea that we can handle one thing at a time is clearly not the case.

We're serving the country this evening, as is our president.

The larger hope of reaching a political settlement between all the major ethnic groups has not been realized.

That question is raised frequently by members of the House and Senate of the United States and probably by a number of American taxpayers who would hope that perhaps Russia would assume more and more of the responsibility and expense, ... It's true that at this point the Russians have not been forthcoming with the level of funds that would maintain the pace of the programs, so we are going to be visiting about that.

ought to be worth a peace prize.

I think there is a commitment on the part of the White House to racial justice in this country, and no ambiguity,

Declining overseas admissions costs us not only much needed revenues for colleges and universities, but much more importantly, we lose the best opportunity we have to introduce foreign students to all that America has to offer the world.

necessary to prevent imminent and actual harm to national security.

It's very unlikely that we're going to send more troops to Iraq. We are going to have to train the Iraqis faster and harder.

No one would have predicted in the 1980s that Americans and Russians would be working side-by-side on the ground in Russia destroying thousands of nuclear weapons systems, as well as biological and chemical weapons.

Ethanol is a premier, high performance fuel. It has tremendous environmental benefits and is a key component to energy independence for our country.

It is now apparent that a concerted and forceful program of election-day fraud and abuse was enacted with either the leadership or cooperation of governmental authorities.

Despite elections and the experience of post-Soviet personal freedoms by the Russian people, the fate of democracy in Russia is perhaps more ambiguous now than at any time since the collapse of the Communist system.

The United States cannot feed every person, lift every person out of poverty, cure every disease, or stop every conflict. But our power and status have conferred upon us a tremendous responsibility to humanity.

We have to understand the frustrations of the Iraqis and our own troops,