Robert Wexler Quotes (17 Quotes)

If this bill passes, this Congress is saying that the court system of Florida will lose its long jurisdiction of history in this matter and others like it, and the jurisdiction of the federal court will be substituted,

It is shameful that Republicans in Congress are pushing legislation that guarantees their gun-dealing cronies receive special treatment and are above the law.

Hundreds of people made phone calls to my offices and to other offices in the county complaining they didn't understand the ballot -- that Al Gore's name was second on the ballot but his punch hole was third, which is entirely illegal under election law in Florida and it made it a puzzle rather than a ballot.

This is a wonderful thing that should have happened more than 50 years ago. Corporal Rubin was a genuine American hero,

to vote only for one (1) presidential candidate and that they are to punch a hole next to the arrow next to the number next to the candidate they wish to vote for.

This round of evidence will show to the American people the manipulative nature of Ken Starr, of Linda Tripp.

If the Florida courts had found in favor of Terri Schiavo's parents, would we be here this evening I suspect not.

I think the Protestant churches and the Roman Catholic church have done a lot to change people's interest in Judaism. They're hearing from churches that it's a way to enhance their own faith.

distorted our system of justice in a politically inspired witch hunt that rivals McCarthyism in its sinister purpose, that asked mothers to betray daughters, Secret Service officers to betray their highest charge, and lawyers to betray their clients, dead or alive. All in search of a crime to justify five years of work and more than 40 million of taxpayer's money.

This was 19,000 people who had their votes discarded. It was entirely confusing not because of the what the people did or didn't do, but because of how the ballot was laid out, ... Vice President Al Gore was the second name, but he was not the second hole on the ballot.

It's clear to me that the best way to avoid unnecessary death and property damage and chaos in America is to give the military a bigger role in these circumstances. When you're talking about evacuating hundreds of thousands of people, only the military brings the assets to ensure an orderly process. The military needs to be engaged.

Courts in Florida have received expert testimony from prominent neurosurgeons and neurologists throughout the country, ... The evidence provided by a standard of clear and convincing evidence is that it is Mrs. Schiavo's wish that she not be allowed to continue in a persistent vegetative state

If you are sick of all Monica, all Monica all the time, you ain't seen nothing yet,

That's really what helped persuade me that I really have no business in a race like that. I have friends on all sides,

We have the largest Muslim nation in the world that has now elected a democratically positive president, that is thirsting for a stronger, better relationship with the United States , ... And for some reason we haven't responded as totally as we could.

The U.S. Supreme Court, with the help of the Republican Party, ran out the clock. But they didn't run out the clock on Democrats, they ran out the clock on democracy,

TO VOTE for a candidate whose name is printed on the ballot, mark a cross (X) in the blank space at the RIGHT of the name of the candidate for whom you desire to vote.