Harry Reid Quotes

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• It's been obvious that [Republicans]'re doing everything they can to make [Obama] fail. And I hope, I hope - and I say this seriously - I hope that's based on substance and not the fact that he's African-American.

  Harry Reid

  African American, Substance, Facts

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• Seniors love getting junk mail. It's sometimes their only way of communicating or feeling like they're part of the real world.

  Harry Reid

  Senior, Real, Stupid

  "Reid: Save the Postal Service, seniors depend on junk mail", www.foxnews.com. April 19, 2012.

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• Obama a ‘light-skinned’ African-American ‘with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one.

  Harry Reid

  Country, Light, Racism

  "Harry Reid’s Non-Gaffe" by Kevin Drum, www.motherjones.com. January 10, 2010.

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• We must stop the Tea Party before the United States Senate falls into the hands of extremists and ideologues who leave no room for reason or compromise, who dont recognize common ground even when theyre standing on it.

  Harry Reid

  Party, Fall, Hands

  Harry Reid's speech at the Democratic National Convention, www.politico.com. September 4, 2012.

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• We in the Senate refer to Sen. Gillibrand as the hottest member.

  Harry Reid

  Members, Hottest, Senate

  "Reid calls Gillibrand the 'hottest' member at fundraiser". Remarks during a fundraiser for New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, www.politico.com. September 20, 2010.

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• I was born and raised in the high desert of Nevada in a tiny town called Searchlight. My dad was a hard rock miner. My mom took in wash. I grew up around people of strong values - even if they rarely talked about them.

  Harry Reid

  Mom, Strong, Dad

  Democratic response to the State of the Union address, www.cnn.com. February 3, 2005.

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• I hopes the candidate [Donald Trump] is given fake intelligence briefings ... because you can't trust him.

  Harry Reid

  Fake, Briefing, Trump

  Source: on.msnbc.com

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• Legislation is the art of compromise.

  Harry Reid

  Art, Compromise, Legislation

  "Reid: Iraq Problems Are Presidential, Not Military". Interview with Melissa Block, www.npr.org. April 23, 2007.

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• The threat to change Senate rules is a raw abuse of power and will destroy the very checks and balances our founding fathers put in place to prevent absolute power by any one branch of government.

  Harry Reid

  Father, Government, Abuse

  "How Schumer and Dems may have sealed Gorsuch's confirmation" by Alex Diaz, www.foxnews.com. March 19, 2017.

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• Coal makes us sick. Oil makes us sick. It’s global warming. It’s ruining our country. It’s ruining our world.

  Harry Reid

  Country, Oil, Our World

  "Glenn Reynolds and Mickey Kaus on Barack Obama’s slum lord problem, and global warming, Indian style". Interview with Hugh Hewitt, www.hughhewitt.com. July 2, 2008.

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• Republicans cannot be trusted to end the culture of corruption.

  Harry Reid

  Culture, Republican, Corruption

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• My staff tells me not to say this, but I'm going to say it anyway. In the summer because of the heat and high humidity, you could literally smell the tourists coming into the Capitol. It may be descriptive but it's true.

  Harry Reid

  Summer, Smell, Tourists

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• I understand that during [Sonia Sotomayor's] career, she's written hundreds and hundreds of opinions. I haven't read a single one of them, and if I'm fortunate before we end this, I won't have to read one of them.

  Harry Reid

  Careers, Opinion, Ends

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• You know with a bully you cannot let them slap you around, because they slap you around today, they slap you five or six times tomorrow. We are not going to be bullied.

  Harry Reid

  Bully, Today, Six

  "House, Senate Stay Faithful To Their Measures". "Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep, David Greene, www.npr.org. October 1, 2013.

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• He [Mitt Romney] didn't pay taxes for 10 years! Now, do I know that that's true? Well, I'm not certain, but obviously he can't release those tax returns. How would it look?

  Harry Reid

  Years, Looks, Pay

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• The best solution would be better strategies for more rapid economic growth and getting people jobs and increases in income. You should simply be clear about matching problems and solutions. If the problem is someone can't find a job because they don't have the skills and they need some retraining, extending emergency unemployment isn't going to solve that. You need the job training programs or the skills bills that come out of the House and are sitting in the Senate.

  Harry Reid

  People, House, Growth

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• We found ourselves in a hole that I didn't dig, but I have dug, dug and dug to try to get out of that hole.

  Harry Reid

  Trying, Holes, Found

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• Enforcement alone does not work. Unless we address the gap between our immigration laws and reality, illegal immigration will not stop and the situation on the border will continue to be chaotic.

  Harry Reid

  Reality, Law, Gaps

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• This 21st century economy holds great promise for our people. But unless we give all Americans the skills they need to succeed, countries like India and China will take good-paying jobs that should be ours.

  Harry Reid

  Country, Jobs, Skills

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• Unemployment insurance was meant to be a bridge for temporary spells of unemployment. The bad news is all the evidence is that the longer you have unemployment insurance, the longer people stay out of work, their skills erode. The job they ultimately get pays less. And that's not to their benefit.

  Harry Reid

  People, Evidence, Temporary

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• Men, when they're out of work, tend to become abusive.

  Harry Reid

  Men, Abusive

  "Reid Unapologetic for Linking Unemployment to Violence Against Women". www.foxnews.com. February 23, 2010.

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• So the next thing I assume I'll be hearing from Republicans, they want to change rules some way, as they do on the House when you get a problem with ethics, they just change the rules.

  Harry Reid

  Change, House, Want

  "Inside Politics" with Judy Woodruff, edition.cnn.com. March 3, 2005.

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• If you're over age 50, the internet is something you're just learning about.

  Harry Reid

  Age, Internet, Ifs

  "Let's Celebrate Harry Reid's Birthday With A List Of The Most INSANE Stuff He's Ever Said" by Rachel Stoltzfoos, dailycaller.com. December 2, 2016.

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• They’re nothing more than domestic terrorists.

  Harry Reid

  Terrorist

  "US conservatives race to distance themselves from Bundy slavery statement". "AM" with Elizabeth Jackson, www.abc.net.au. April 26, 2014.

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• We all know if we change the bill, it's gone.

  Harry Reid

  Change, Gone, Bills

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