Joe Wilson Quotations

We grew up on U2 music. We look up to them as a major influence and inspiration.

We grew up on U2 music, ... We look up to them as a major influence and inspiration.

Unless the press is prepared to work at it we will continue to be bamboozled by administrations, and people like me who are prepared to speak out will become rare species indeed.

The fact is, I was not sent out to question what British intelligence might have, I was sent out to question the allegation that Saddam Hussein had attempted to purchase several hundred tons of uranium oxide from Niger.

We need to be discussing issues specifically to help the American people. And that would not include illegal aliens. These are people - I'm for immigration - legal immigration. I've been an immigration attorney. But people who have come to our country and violated laws, we should not be providing full health care services.

She was stoic in her manner but I could see she was crestfallen, ... Twenty years of loyal service down the drain, and for what, she asked after she had read it.

She felt like she'd been hit in the stomach. It took her breath away.

Mr Bush went to the United Nations , I think that that had a lot to do with the influence of the British.

Mr Blair came to the US when Mr Bush was talking about regime change, and when he left Mr Bush started talking about disarmament as the objective.

One must always keep one's government under control.

Nuclear weapons kill Americans - they don't kill Republicans or Democrats - they kill Americans.

On Madison Avenue, I was making more money than I ever had or ever would again, ... what mattered to me.

I did not like fascists when I fought them as a diplomat for 23 years and I don't like them now in my own country.

I am a gentleman. My natural inclination is to be on my best behavior.

But what I have to say to people who might come forward is that one of the great things about our democracy is freedom of the press.

I have long felt that it is readers and viewers of conservative media who could benefit from a more balanced discussion of what is at stake in our policy and the actions of our government.

I did my civic duty and held my government to account for statements it had made.

I don't think we're safer at all as a consequence of this.

Giving the same value to fiction as to fact in the interest of so-called fairness is to mislead the American people and the press has become party to that.

When he published her name-- it was very easy to unravel everything about her, her entire cover. You live your cover.

I think that Mr Blair really thought that he was getting involved in a disarmament campaign, which was all to the good. I fully supported that.

I think what has happened as a consequence of what was done to my wife is that people in the CIA have felt there's been breach of trust.

I think it's time for the people and the press, in particular, to be more vigilant about not giving equal weight to lies as they give the truth.

I watched the way that the British built their case, and it was a disarmament case as best I could see it.

Planning for the future is good. Hopefully 50 percent of it works out. Everyone is aware of the traffic congestion.

The act of leaking my wife's name to the press was a political act.

Most journalists who have interviewed me will tell you that I am careful with my use of words any way, and I certainly try to be.

Well, I take great pride in being an American, and I don't believe either party has a monopoly on wisdom.

We have the new greatest generation. We don't need as large a military due to the technology we have, the equipment we have outfitting our personnel. They really are storm troopers.

You have several intelligence services so that you take several different looks at bits of information.

The day that Mr. Novak's article appeared, my sister-in-law turned to my brother and said, 'Do you think Joe knew?' So, not even my brother or my sister-in-law or any of my immediate family knew,

Well, the thing that is important to understand in all of this is that it's not a crime that was committed against my wife or me - it was a crime against the country.

But so far, in the accounts given by reporters about their conversations with administration officials, no such crime has been described. What has been depicted is an administration effort to refute the allegations of a critic (some of which did in fact prove to be untrue) and to undermine his credibility, including by suggesting that nepotism rather than qualifications led to his selection. If such conversations are deemed a crime, journalism and the public will be the losers.

The government serves the people - not vice-versa.

This visionary agreement will truly transform US-India relations and is a positive step in the right direction for our two nations. I respectfully request your support.

When a government goes to war, particularly a democracy, it is the most solemn and awesome responsibility of our leaders - to decide to send our kids to go off and kill and die for us.

Bob Novak called me before he went to print with the report and he said a CIA source had told him that my wife was an operative, ... He was trying to get a second source. He couldn't get a second source. Could I confirm that? And I said no.

As to the memo, I knew nothing about it other than a Post journalist had told me there was one circulating which he characterized as having been written by somebody who was not at the meeting where I was asked if I would be willing to go to Niger.

At that time in the morning it's not uncommon that fatigue played a factor.

The traditional arts of this country don't need rescuing,

I still do believe that the WMD issue was an important issue for us to be vigilant about.

the vice president is one of those people.

So they can say that Joe Wilson supports the Kerry campaign, and that's true.

Absolutely. Sure. There was no doubt about it in her mind. And she wondered for what.

A bunch of friends and I were out sandbagging, trying to save other people's houses. I came home about midnight and my parents were saying, 'Let's get out of the house,'

It's a big help, ... It's not going to make us close our doors tomorrow. But it's still a lot of money for any business. It's a blow. They (DA's office) take it very seriously.

It's peaceful coming out here, all these nice days. I think it's kind of fun.

Domestic animals are totally dependent upon our grace as humans to provide for their welfare. Everyone should be involved with animal welfare.

No longer is there a quest for the truth so much as there is this apparent need to present both sides of an issue even if one is nothing but lies and distortions.

The war on Iraq was a disaster, clearly carried out under false pretences.

So far from being disillusioned, my faith in my country has been enhanced by this.

That said, if we allow ourselves to be intimidated and silenced by the liars, our democracy will not survive. We have to continue to confront them.

Theirs is in music, and ours is a structure.

I know Tom DeLay is a person of integrity. He has epitomized to me what a public official could be.

I'm kind of speechless, you know. I wanted to cry. They were tears of joy.

If you are senior enough to ask the question, you are senior enough to get a very specific response,

I pledged 27 years ago when I first went overseas to defend the Constitution of the United States. I've done so throughout my career.

I don't know if that's true or not, but you can be sure that a GS-14 or 15 with a couple of kids in college, when he sees the allegations that came from senior administration officials about my family ... in the public domain, you can be sure that he's going to be worried about what might happen if he were to come forward,

These are people - I'm for immigration - legal immigration. I've been an immigration attorney. But people who have come to our country and violated laws, we should not be providing full health care services.

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