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Quotes about politics
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“Some of that means that in your public statements, ... you end up trafficking in public platitudes more than you'd want to do at home.” (Beatty Warren)
“We could have a nuclear bomb going off in the middle of the Chicago Loop, ... Without fear-mongering, if we don't keep nuclear devices out of the hands of terrorists, it could just kill hundreds of thousands of people.” (Beatty Warren)
“I didn't know Lenin was a player,” (Beatty Warren)
“lift this candidate up.” (Beatty Warren)
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“What remains is the need to review claims that might have been denied, particularly in Illinois, so that we can close that imbalance,” (Beatty Warren)
“There are differences in this (Democratic) caucus as to how conservative he is.” (Beatty Warren)
“A thorough, multifaceted nonproliferation strategy is essential to fully defend the American people. We urge you to keep these critical initiatives foremost in importance and funding allocation.” (Beatty Warren)
“This budget tells our veterans that if they want increased funding for the VA they'll have to pay for it themselves.” (Beatty Warren)
“If anything, the fiasco of last week should underscore the degree to which the vulnerable among us should not be forgotten, ... They should be not forgotten when we're setting budget policy, they should not be forgotten when we're drafting plans for evacuation, and they should not be forgotten when we're crafting constitutional law.” (Beatty Warren)
“Whoever was in charge of planning was so detached from the realities of inner city life in New Orleans ... that they couldn't conceive of the notion that they couldn't load up their SUV's, put $100 worth of gas in there, put some sparkling water and drive off to a hotel and check in with a credit card,” (Beatty Warren)
“I hope we realize that the people of New Orleans weren't just abandoned during the hurricane, ... They were abandoned long ago—to murder and mayhem in the streets, to substandard schools, to dilapidated housing, to inadequate health care, to a pervasive sense of hopelessness.” (Beatty Warren)
“When the federal government would actually save millions of dollars by forgoing the status quo and actually sending evacuees on a luxurious six-month cruise it is time to rethink how we are conducting oversight. A short-term temporary solution has turned into a long-term, grossly overpriced sweetheart deal for a cruise line,” (Beatty Warren)
“We are one people, all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending the United States of America.” (Beatty Warren)
“And Illinoisans want a Senate candidate who will attack the problems they and their families face rather than spending time attacking each other. I invite him to join me in such a race.” (Beatty Warren)
“I am extremely wary of this unnecessary and costly review of settled PTSD cases, ... The veterans who received full benefits for PTSD are some of those who need our help the most.” (Beatty Warren)
“I very much feel like the novice and pupil, ... I'm spending most of my time listening as opposed to trying to interject myself into the process.” (Beatty Warren)
“These shells behind us, these casings, are a testimony to the decades that have been spent creating weapons of destruction, ... The hopes in the programs that have been discussed today are that we can start using our resources to dismantle these arms and create a more peaceful and safe future for the people of Ukraine and for people all around the world.” (Beatty Warren)
“It is very important to recognize that the money that we spend now will not be wasted even if this particular strain of the virus, H5N1, ends up not becoming a pandemic flu, ... We know that over the next two, three decades there will be a pandemic flu. That's almost certain." (Beatty Warren)
“I find it unbelievable that the EPA would continue to drag its feet despite the fact that their own analysis found that these rules could prevent 28,000 lead-related illnesses each year,” (Beatty Warren)
“We don't teach our children that healthy relationships involve drunken, naked parties in a hot tub with strangers - but that's what they see when they turn on `The Real World,' ... When they're fed a steady diet of these depictions over and over again from the time they're very young, this behavior becomes acceptable, it even starts seeming normal.” (Beatty Warren)
“We thought it was wrongheaded and the amount of anxiety caused by this review was significant, ... We stopped the VA from going backward, but we still need to move forward.” (Beatty Warren)
“The knee-jerk unbending and what I consider to be unfair attacks on Sen. Leahy's motives were unjustified,” (Beatty Warren)
“We thought it was wrongheaded and the amount of anxiety caused by this review was significant. We stopped the VA from going backward, but we still need to move forward.” (Beatty Warren)
One was a book I read by Mahatma Gandhi. In it was a passage where he said that religion, the pursuing of the inner journey, should not be separated from the pursuing of the outer and social journey, because we are not isolated beings. (Beatty Warren)
Politics is repetition. It is not change. Change is something beyond what we call politics. Change is the essence politics is supposed to be the means to bring into being. (Beatty Warren)
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