Russ Feingold Quotes

Health care for all Americans is the most pressing domestic issue today. It's far past time for the President and Congress to deliver health care to everyone.
Russ Feingold

Time, Health, Today

I believe in local control of education.
Russ Feingold

Education, Control, Local

I don't know how it could be more stark or clear: this entire society is being dominated by corporate power in a way that may exceed what happened in the late nineteenth century, early twentieth century.
Russ Feingold

Power, Society, May

I don't want to hear again from the attorney general or anyone on this floor that this government has shown it can be trusted to use the power we give it with restraint and care.
Russ Feingold

Power, Government, Care

I was one of 14 senators to vote against the Defense of Marriage Act. I thought it was a harsh and unnecessary thing to do to people across this country who care enough about each other to want to be married.
Russ Feingold

Marriage, Care, Thought

I'm one of the only members of the U.S. Senate who isn't a millionaire. And there's absolutely nothing wrong with being a millionaire. But there ought to be a little economic diversity in the Senate and I try to provide it.
Russ Feingold

Nothing, Try, Wrong

I'm proud to be a Democrat.
Russ Feingold

Proud, Democrat

I've been outspent by my opponents every time I've run for U.S. Senate.
Russ Feingold

Time, Run, Senate

If a trip is worth taking, members of Congress should be prepared to justify paying for it out of their office accounts.
Russ Feingold

Worth, Congress, Office

Instead of taking a very high-paying type of law job or something that I might be able to do, I have been a legislator. That's what I do. I think it's an honorable profession - if you're honest and have integrity and work hard.
Russ Feingold

Work, Job, Integrity

It is not only all right but necessary to stand up to George Bush.
Russ Feingold

Stand, Necessary, Bush

It is not patriotic to decide to destroy a new president who was duly elected by an overwhelming margin. It is un-patriotic to resolve to destroy that presidency.
Russ Feingold

President, Destroy, Decide

Money in politics is a huge issue.
Russ Feingold

Politics, Money, Issue

Most of my town hall meetings had always been love fests, and some of my guys used to complain: 'I'd like for somebody to yell at you a bit.'
Russ Feingold

Love, Used, Somebody

Occupy Wall Street is a real movement.
Russ Feingold

Real, Street, Movement

Tea Party people know that I stood against the Wall Street scam from Day One, that I voted against TARP, that I voted against repealing Glass-Steagall Act that kept these guys under some control.
Russ Feingold

Control, Against, Act

The administration has a disturbing pattern of behavior when it comes to budgeting not only for the ongoing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan but also for military requirements not directly related to these conflicts.
Russ Feingold

Military, Behavior, Iraq

The conservative version of American exceptionalism has become a password of sorts for candidates who want to prove their credentials to a right-wing America.
Russ Feingold

America, Become, American

The idea of allowing corporations to have unlimited influence on our democracy is very dangerous, obviously.
Russ Feingold

Democracy, Idea, Dangerous

The notion of American exceptionalism is effective in part because there is little on the face of it that is offensive.
Russ Feingold

American, Face, Offensive

The Tea Party ended up being a shill for corporate America.
Russ Feingold

America, Party, Tea

There is nothing more American than peaceful protest.
Russ Feingold

Nothing, American, Peaceful

There's a tendency on the part of Americans, all of us, to say, 'Hey, the Cold War is over, the Soviet Union is gone, we don't have to worry about these guys again.' We always have to be worried about them, we always have to be concerned about them, and we have to be well-informed.
Russ Feingold

War, Again, Worry

This has not been a legislative process worthy of the Senate. Members of the Judiciary Committee, as I just said, were implored to save their amendments for the floor. Then, when we got here, we were told no amendments could be accepted.
Russ Feingold

Said, Here, Process

Unfair trade agreements, passed by both Republicans and Democrats, have sent millions of jobs to other countries. We need to stop this hemorrhaging and find ways for American workers to compete in the new market.
Russ Feingold

Find, American, Both

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Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: March 2, 1953

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