Patrick Leahy Quotes - Page 2

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• Most Americans want a sense of privacy. A lot of us don't realize how much of our privacy we're exposing by the internet.

  Patrick Leahy

  Want, Privacy, Realizing

  "Sen. Patrick Leahy: 'Our Privacy Is Part Of Our Security'". "All Things Considered" with Audie Cornish, www.npr.org. June 3, 2015.

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• She [Justice sandra Day O'Connor] rejected the [George] Bush administration's claim that it could indefinitely detain a United States citizen. She upheld the fundamental principle of judicial review over the exercise of government power.

  Patrick Leahy

  Exercise, Government, Justice

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• Remember the attorney general is not a member of the president's staff. He's the attorney general of the United States. He's there to represent all of us, and it means all the laws have to be enforced fairly. And you can't bring your individual prejudices in there.

  Patrick Leahy

  Mean, Law, President

  Source: www.npr.org

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• Senator Sessions has opposed protections for LGBT individuals. He's spoken out against Freedom Corps' marriage equality decision. He opposed the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell. He opposed the nomination of Loretta Lynch, the nation's first African-American woman to serve as attorney general. These things worry me.

  Patrick Leahy

  Worry, Decision, African American

  Source: www.npr.org

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• The American people deserve a Supreme Court justice who can demonstrate that he or she will not be beholden to the president, but only to the law.

  Patrick Leahy

  Law, People, Justice

  "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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• As the elected representatives of the American people, all the people, nearly 300 million people, that we in the Senate are charged with the responsibility to examine whether to entrust their precious rights and liberties to [Supreme Court] nominee.

  Patrick Leahy

  Responsibility, Rights, People

  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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• The federal judiciary is unlike the other branches of government. And once confirmed, a federal judge serves for life. And there's no court above the Supreme Court.

  Patrick Leahy

  Government, Judging, Branches

  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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• Her [Jurdge Sandra Day O'Connor] judgment has also been critical in protecting our environmental rights. She joined in 5-4 majorities affirming reproductive freedom and religious freedom and the Voting Rights Act.

  Patrick Leahy

  Religious, Rights, Voting

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• You get fifteen democrats in a room, and you get twenty opinions.

  Patrick Leahy

  Funny, Fifteen, Rooms

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

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• Judiciary is where my passion is.

  Patrick Leahy

  Passion, My Passion, Judiciary

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

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• We've won wars before and we've certainly retained our rights as Americans.

  Patrick Leahy

  War, Rights

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• For the church to say that abortion is not acceptable for a Catholic is fine. To say directly or indirectly that on something that is a church teaching that you must also vote according to that - that's not acceptable in a country based on the First Amendment.

  Patrick Leahy

  Country, Teaching, Abortion

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• A lot of people in my state of Vermont are gun owners.

  Patrick Leahy

  Gun, People, Vermont

  "State of the Union", www.realclearpolitics.com. February 24, 2013.

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• The rights of copyright holders need to be protected, but some draconian remedies that have been suggested would create more problems than they would solve.

  Patrick Leahy

  Rights, Needs, Problem

  "Hatch Wants To Fry Traders' PCs". www.wired.com. June 18, 2013.

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• In my view it is time to pass a good bill, a fair bill, a comprehensive bill ... Too many have been waiting too long for fairness.

  Patrick Leahy

  Views, Long, Waiting

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• I intend to have protections for the L.G.B.T. community in there. I'm not going to make choices between that community and the non-L.G.B.T. community.

  Patrick Leahy

  Choices, Community, Immigration

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• Press releases tell us when federal agencies do something right, but the Freedom of Information Act lets us know when they do not.

  Patrick Leahy

  Agency, Information, Release

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