Patrick Leahy Quotes

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• Of course no president, Democratic or Republican - no president - is above the law, as neither are you, nor I, nor anyone.

  Patrick Leahy

  Law, President, Republican

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• The last thing our founding fathers wanted was to be ruled by king with absolute power, and the next to the last thing they wanted was to be ruled by a temporary king with absolute powers for four years.

  Patrick Leahy

  Father, Our Founding Fathers, Absolute Power

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• The American public is sick and tired of being lied to.

  Patrick Leahy

  Tired, Sick, Being Lied

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Relations between the United States and other countries, and our role as a global leader, are advanced by our willingness to help other countries in need. Foreign aid is essential to protecting U.S. interests around the world, and it is also a moral responsibility of the wealthiest, most powerful nation.

  Patrick Leahy

  Country, Powerful, Responsibility

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• I'm addicted to the Internet. I admit it. It has transformed the way I work as a senator, communicate with my children, and keep tabs on news and cultural developments.... The Internet is a more direct communications link between legislators and their constituents....I constantly work at fusing my Senate work into my office home page to make it as useful, timely, and user-friendly as possible for Vermonters and others who may visit.....I look at my Web site, as my 24-hour virtual office, where visitors can send me an e-mail or search for the information they need anytime, day or night.

  Patrick Leahy

  Children, Communication, Home

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• The part that frightens the hell out of me is the goverment deciding where technology goes.

  Patrick Leahy

  Technology, Internet, Hell

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• We have a whole lot of the president-elect's nominees that have not filled out their ethics disclosures. I can never remember a time when anybody was voted on for a Cabinet position who hadn't completed their ethics report, and certainly nobody should be allowed to vote until that's done.

  Patrick Leahy

  Filled Out, President, Done

  Source: www.npr.org

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• This is a time when the protections of Americans' liberties are directly at risk, as are the checks and balances that have served to constrain abuses of power for more than 200 years. The Supreme Court is relied upon by all of to us protect our fundamental rights.

  Patrick Leahy

  Rights, Years, Risk

  "U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judge Samuel Alito's Nomination to the Supreme Court". www.washingtonpost.com. January 9, 2006.

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• I don't want somebody as attorney general who thinks he has to rubberstamp whatever the president says.

  Patrick Leahy

  Thinking, President, Want

  Source: www.npr.org

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• The court that serves America should reflect America.

  Patrick Leahy

  America, Should, Court

  "Leahy's Opening Statement". www.nytimes.com. January 9, 2006.

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• She [Justice sandra Day O'Connor] wrote - and this is one we should all remember - she wrote that even war is not a blank check for the president when it comes to the rights of the nation's citizens. She held that even this president is not above the law.

  Patrick Leahy

  War, Rights, Law

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• I look forward to the time when the membership of the Supreme Court's more reflective of the country it serves.

  Patrick Leahy

  Country, Looks, Membership

  Patrick Leahy's opening statements at the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on judge Samuel Alito's nomination to the Supreme Court, www.washingtonpost.com. January 9, 2006.

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• Justice [Sandra Day] O'Connor has been a guardian of the protections the Constitution provides the American people. She's come to provide balance and a check on government intrusion into our personal privacy and freedoms.

  Patrick Leahy

  Government, Justice, People

  "The Situation: Monday, January 9". The Samuel Alito Hearings, transcripts.cnn.com. January 9, 2006.

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• At first glance, there's a lot of sex on the Internet. Or not at first glance: nobody can find anything on the Internet at first glance.

  Patrick Leahy

  Sex, Firsts, Internet

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• Stealing is stealing. I don't care if it's on the Internet or you're breaking into a warehouse somewhere - it's theft.

  Patrick Leahy

  Care, Internet, Stealing

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• We need to consider nominations as thoroughly and carefully as the American people deserve. No one is entitled to a free pass to a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court.

  Patrick Leahy

  People, Needs, Nominations

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Why do the President and Vice-President constantly change the subject when asked to explain why things are going so badly in Iraq? The answer is simple. They have been consistently wrong about Iraq, and the results speak for themselves.

  Patrick Leahy

  Change, Simple, Iraq

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The FBI wanted us to introduce the 1994 Digital Telephony bill today and I said absolutely not. They have to understand they have a Vermonter as the Chairman Of the Technology and Law committee and that we Vermonters respect our privacy.

  Patrick Leahy

  Technology, Law, Bills

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• I'd like something that faces reality. We have 12 million people in this country that are undocumented - that's a reality. It's not going to be like they're all going to leave. One of the reasons I'm holding this hearing in the morning is to hear from somebody who actually understands what's involved here - Janet Napolitano - and I hope that from what she says and what we hear from her, we can start building some consensus.

  Patrick Leahy

  Country, Morning, Reality

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• I think that we should not delay for the sake of delay, but delay until questions are answered.

  Patrick Leahy

  Thinking, Delay, Sake

  Source: www.npr.org

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• It's even more important for the integrity of the country if there are conflicts of interest in an administration, if there are things being done that they shouldn't do - and I hope there won't be, but if there were, you have to go and prosecute.

  Patrick Leahy

  Country, Integrity, Important

  Source: www.npr.org

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• The appointment of the next Supreme Court justice must be made in the people's interest and in the nation's interest, not in the interest of any partisan faction.

  Patrick Leahy

  People, Justice, Next

  "U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judge Samuel Alito's Nomination to the Supreme Court". www.washingtonpost.com. January 9, 2006.

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• [Sandra Day O'Connor] is a justice whose graciousness and sense of duty fuels her continued service, even agreeing to serve more than six months after her retirement date.

  Patrick Leahy

  Retirement, Justice, Six Months

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• I regret that some on the extreme right have been so critical of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and have adamantly opposed the naming of a successor who shares her judicial philosophy and qualities. And their criticism actually reflects poorly upon them.

  Patrick Leahy

  Regret, Philosophy, Justice

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• Justice Sandra Day O'Connor serves as a model Supreme Court justice, widely recognized as a jurist with practical values, a sense of the consequences of the legal decisions being made by the Supreme Court.

  Patrick Leahy

  Justice, Decision, Sandra Day O Connor

  Patrick Leahy's opening statements at the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on judge Samuel Alito's nomination to the Supreme Court, www.washingtonpost.com. January 9, 2006.

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