Leahy Quotes

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

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

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

Now where people are - at least the people I talk to - they are focused on issues of trust. Accountability also comes up, to make sure that this doesn't happen again. ~ William P. Leahy

Wars cannot be won by destroying women and children ~ William D. Leahy

Others don't want to listen to viewpoints that members of the church have. ~ William P. Leahy

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

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

BC is not going to replace the hierarchy, and BC is not going to lead some major reform in the Catholic Church - that's got to come out of the whole Catholic community. ~ William P. Leahy

The only thing worse than regretting the things you've done is regretting the things you didn't do. ~ Samantha Leahy

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

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

The American public is sick and tired of being lied to. ~ Patrick Leahy

When the going gets tough, let the tough get going. ~ Frank Leahy

Clearly there are individuals who don't understand what the church teaches, or they think it's so limiting. ~ William P. Leahy

I'm a gun owner. ~ Patrick Leahy

You've got to be tough to win. ~ Frank Leahy

Freedom breeds uncertainty; uncertainty invites chaos. ~ R.J. Leahy

I think the issue of clergy sexual abuse sparked people to look at their faith in a different way. ~ William P. Leahy

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

I'm an old trial lawyer. ~ Patrick Leahy

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

The Bomb will never go off, and I speak as an expert in explosives. ~ William D. Leahy

Some of the speakers we bring on campus may not reflect official church teaching, but that's how it is. ~ William P. Leahy

Don't let fear outweigh what you feel. ~ Samantha Leahy

This is a crisis, but there is an opportunity to help revitalize and renew the Catholic community. ~ William P. Leahy

The more we can get together and talk about various perspectives, feelings, beliefs, the better. ~ William P. Leahy

The person who properly disciplines himself to do those things that he does not especially care to do, becomes successful. ~ Frank Leahy

I would say the hierarchy has made terrible errors in judgment and it has to seek forgiveness by its members. ~ William P. Leahy

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

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

[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

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

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

We've won wars before and we've certainly retained our rights as Americans. ~ Patrick Leahy

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

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

The church may hold whatever it holds with regard to clerical celibacy. ~ William P. Leahy

I am very confident that the Spirit is with us. ~ William P. Leahy

Judiciary is where my passion is. ~ Patrick Leahy

Terrible accident; body parts was everywhere - -fingers, toes, wings, beaks. Ambulance people tried to scoop him all up, but apparently it ain't so easy as you might think - telling a chicken from a Chinaman, I mean. Anyways, they got his weight off his driver's license, picked up a hundred and thirty pounds of pieces and buried 'em. Now his wife come every year 'bout this time to pay her respects. We don't serve chicken while she's here. Hope you ain't got a taste for it. ~ R.J. Leahy

The Spirit hasn't deserted the church today. ~ William P. Leahy

You get fifteen democrats in a room, and you get twenty opinions. ~ Patrick Leahy

What we're about is a manifestation of the Catholic roots of Boston College. ~ William P. Leahy

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

I had a very happy childhood and very loving parents. We didn't have much money and I suppose therefore you felt that anything you did you'd have to do on your own, so it does make you quite motivated. ~ Terry Leahy

The court that serves America should reflect America. ~ Patrick Leahy

If we have another 2,000 people killed, I want Nancy Pelosi and George Soros, John Conyers and Pat Leahy to go to the funeral and say, 'Your son was vaporized because we didn't want to dump some guy's head under water for 30 seconds.' ~ Peter T. King

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

When the Democrats were investigating the U.S. attorneys that were accused of responding to political pressure, that I joined Senator Leahy in efforts to get transparency of all of the documents. ~ Chuck Grassley

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

Our alliances and our credibility are crucial elements of our working capital in advancing America's interests in the world, and they have been eroded over the last four years. ~ Patrick Leahy

It is my opinion that the use of this barbarous weapon at Hiroshima and Nagasaki was of no material assistance in our war against Japan. The Japanese were almost defeated and ready to surrender ... In being the first to use it, we adopted an ethical standard common to the barbarians of the dark ages. ~ William D. Leahy

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

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

If you find it difficult to accept failure then you simply won't get any innovation because employees will be too frightened ~ Terry Leahy

Lads, you're not to miss practice unless your parents died or you died. ~ Frank Leahy

Resentment is like a drug. Once you pick it up, it will only get worse and worse until you surrender and do the work to let it go. ~ Samantha Leahy

Be more tolerant of the difficult people. They're the creative ones. They're not happy with the status quo. ~ Terry Leahy