Tom Daschle Quotes

President Bush has said that the economy is growing, that there are jobs out there. But you know, it's a long commute to China to get those jobs.

America has lost an icon. Ronald Reagan's leadership will inspire Americans for generations to come. His patriotism and devotion to our country will never be forgotten.

People were concerned about national security, and that precluded us from having the opportunity to break through on the issues that we cared most about - the economy, education and health care.

Trust doesn't come haphazardly. It really has to be built over time. And that trust has to happen really at times when there isn't a crisis. That's why I think having regular meetings and conversation when there's no crisis, when you can build trust and a friendship and a relationship that allows for better dialogue and far more consequential deal-making can occur when a crisis does come up.

As the representatives of the people we are here to declare that our resolve has not been weakened by these horrific and cowardly acts.

This president failed so miserably in diplomacy that we are now forced to war.

While endangering one of the most pristine areas in the world, drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge would do nothing to make our country more energy independent.

It would be nice if we could clear up the nominations that are still out there, and there are a lot of them.

You've got two people that are well known in South Dakota, respected. We'll see how it all shakes out.

President Bush failed "miserably" at diplomacy, forcing the United States into war.

Diplomacy has been exhausted .. Continued instability in the Balkans threatens important U.S. national interests,.

Literally minutes before the Senate cast its vote, the administration sought to add the words 'in the United States and' after 'appropriate force' in the agreed-upon text. This last-minute change would have given the president broad authority to exercise expansive powers not just overseas-where we all understood he wanted authority to act-but right here in the United States, potentially against American citizens. I could see no justification for Congress to accede to this extraordinary request for additional authority. I refused.

We have exhausted all of our diplomatic effort to get the Iraqis to comply with their own agreements and with international law. Given that ... we have got to force them to comply, and we are doing so militarily.

On issues relating to taxes, you don't always speak with one voice.

We will also never bring up the permanent tax cut the president is advocating.

I think we are isolating ourselves, and in so isolating ourselves, I think we're minimizing ourselves, I don't think we are taken as seriously today as we were a few years ago.