John Boehner People Quotations

We hope President Obama will now respect the will of the people, change course, and commit to making the changes they are demanding. To the extent he is willing to do this, we are ready to work with him

The American people are screaming at the top of their lungs to Washington, 'Stop! Stop the spending, stop the job-killing policies.' And yet, Democrats in Washington refuse to listen to the American people.

Our manifesto, whatever it will be called, will come from the people who are really in charge of this country, and that's the American people.

Poll after poll shows that the American people don't want marriage to be redefined by judges today and for our children tomorrow.

The American people know that our government's too big, and it spends too much. And they expect Congress to do something about it.

It's hard running for office when people can't say your name.

I've got 11 brothers and sisters and my dad owned a bar. It's great training for what I do every day. You stand behind a bar, and it doesn't take long to sort of size people up.

No, let's make sure that people understand that this is a very important war that is helping to protect us here at home. And that we have no choice but to win it. As difficult as it is.

The American people probably aren't going to fall in love with Mitt Romney.

When you raise the price of employment, guess what happens? You get less of it. Why do we want to make it harder for small employers to hire people?

The American people will not tolerate a clean increase in the debt limit.

Earmarks have become a symbol of a Congress that has broken faith with the people. This earmark ban shows the American people we are listening and we are dead serious about ending business as usual in Washington.

How can we tax people for not buying a product from a website that doesn't work?

Clearly while the president is overseas, he's at a conference and while the president is overseas I think it's appropriate that people not be critical of him or our country.

I would say to the president: This is not about me. This is not about Republicans here in Congress. It's about fairness for the America people.

It's pretty clear that over the last three months the economy has paused. And it's also pretty clear the American people are still demanding and asking the question, 'Where are the jobs?' And the reason we don't have new jobs is because of the job-killing agenda pursued by President Obama and his allies in the Congress.

I am not for raising taxes on the American people in a soft economy.

The American people have issues. They've got concerns. We need solutions, solutions to the issues that the American people care about that are built on our principles.