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All Charles Schumer Quotes
We are on the precipice of a crisis, a Constitutional crisis. The checks and balances, which have been at the core of this Republic, are about to be evaporated by the nuclear option. The checks and balances that say if you get 51% of the vote, you don't get your way 100% of the time. It is amazing, it's almost a temper tantrum.
Charles Schumer
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I believe the war on terror is the vital discussion of this decade and of our generation, probably. To win the war on terror, you need a good offense and a good defense. On defense, I regret to say, basically, this administration has not come close to doing what is necessary.
Charles Schumer
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I'd like to see the health care professionals making decisions, not some bureaucrat in Indianapolis working for an insurance company.
Charles Schumer
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Well, I think it's too early to call Fallujah a failure.
Charles Schumer
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When one has success, the answer is not to undo that success. It is to continue what has been done.
Charles Schumer
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If we are going to stay a great power and I hope and pray we will we need the truth. We need to know what is going right and we need to know what is going wrong. There is no greater time than now.
Charles Schumer
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Well, the tough thing for them is that the Republican primary is pretty far over to the right, just as the Democratic primary is further over to the left than the average voter in each party.
Charles Schumer
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I went to the public schools myself. And they were great for me.
Charles Schumer
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Anyone who thinks they have a monopoly on truth, and there is only one way to see the world, always gets us into trouble.
Charles Schumer
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So I want my kids to go to public schools because I think it's a better education overall.
Charles Schumer
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We tend to talk, Democrats, as a party, in legislative terms.
Charles Schumer
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We need to make sure middle-class people are able to pay the bills. We need to make sure that poor people don't starve. Those are values, too.
Charles Schumer
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