Bill Bradley Quotations | Page 2

The governor has not set any particular timetable with me or anyone else, he just wants to let general fund revenue growth help us grow into the restoration, instead of making severe program reductions in social services, health and other programs.

You cannot have an economy at 6.9 percent and have 45 percent of the people here (in Spokane), earning under $14,000 a year,

There is so much that can be done. . . . I am not worried that I would sit there and twiddle my thumbs.

What is your dream for yourself, for your family, for your community, for your nation?

vision for American leadership in the 21st Century.

We should be better because of team speed, but it doesn't mean anything unless you use it.

Washington can send a message to the rest of the country Tuesday that the nation wants a reform candidate who is going to clean up the mess in Washington (D.C.) and move us forward

Both Ernestine and I are here to call it an end,

Bob Kerrey is an American hero. He is a man with unquestioned conviction and stands out in the Senate as a courageous leader on issues that define our future.

either you lead from hope or you lead from fear. It's obvious from Al Gore's attacks on Bill Bradley that he lacks confidence in his own agenda for the country.

Bob Kerrey attended a function on my behalf,

Eliminating child poverty is a big goal, ... The first step is the commitment I am making here today.

There's something about Al Gore I don't trust. I don't quite know what it is.

I see there are things that an administration could do here to stop that,

I see myself in this campaign as a kind of goodwill ambassador,

I've brought copies of these votes for members of the panel of journalists participating in the debate,

The vice president will have more money. We will have enough money to tell the people what I believe.

The vice president was the vice president, ... He was not critical of the president.

I've said all along March 7 is the takeoff point,

I've always said that running for president requires a mixture of humility and confidence,

Thanks a lot. It was because of you that I actually got in shape.

People evolve, but you should not go around saying you believe in a woman's right to choose,

the most lasting contribution that a president ever makes. ... Therefore I feel it is imperative that the president search to find people of integrity ... not someone who's locked into a rigid interpretation of the constitution, someone who sees the law as something that lives and breathes.

The most important thing we can do is use our authority to petition to get access to markets, ... The problem with agriculture in America is serious. In Iowa, it's dead serious.

Now in falsely asserting I want to raise taxes, Al Gore is once again turning an honest discussion about a future no one can predict into a proposal I've never made,

Al Gore's run a strong race and I congratulate him, but we're smarter and we're better prepared and we're dedicated to continuing the fight, ... But it's a fight about more than Al Gore or me. It's a fight about the kind of America we know we can become.

Al Gore needs to respect voters enough to be honest not just about his plans but mine. Honesty and trust is what they would like to have in a candidate and what they expect and deserve to have in a candidate.

Al Gore has run a strong campaign and I congratulate him, ... But we are smarter and better-prepared.

You should rest assured. You are going to get Social Security benefits as long as you are alive,

This is the civil rights issue of our time, ... It is no longer blocking schools. It is having the justice department in this country finally providing equal justice for all.

This energy is going to carry us all the way, ... Whoever would have thought we'd be met by this kind of crowd in the middle of the night?

They said FDR wasn't going to be for agriculture, but he came to Iowa and appointed Henry Wallace as his agriculture secretary,

There was distortion and negativity, ... I will continue to be very direct about that.

There were some things in the Nebraska game last year that I dialed up that maybe weren't even on our call sheet.

At a time of peace ... I see nearly 14 million of our children who are being denied their chance to live the American dream. This is not acceptable,

Absolutely not. For 18 years in the United States Senate I fought to protect Medicare, I protected premiums from going up for senior citizens, ... I will always do that.

A campaign proposal without a price tag is just another politicians promise.

For 10 months that I was running for president, you ignored me, you pretended I didn't exist,

It's the worst thing in football when your team's not playing, ... It's just like a lost week.

It's got to cost if you're going to get it done, and so you put it out there and take your chances,

That's the day you either break through or you don't.

They could probably still get out of the deal. I don't think anything's done until it's done.

Anytime the president lies, he undermines his authority and squanders the public's trust,

serious questions about our policy. We are escalating our commitment without establishing a clear exit strategy.

I'm not going to (put forward) a health plan that is not going to give the people of New Hampshire access to a variety of health plans,

I'm feeling great, ... No problem. This is just a nuisance, quite frankly.

I'm feeling good, ... I think there will be some surprises today. We'll win a couple, then we'll move on.

I'm actually following the advice that Tom Dewey (who lost the 1948 presidential election to Harry Truman) gave Richard Nixon in 1960 (the year Nixon lost the presidential election to John Kennedy). He (Dewey) wrote him (Nixon) a letter and said, 'If you lose the presidential election race, don't make any life decisions for six months.'

I'm trying to remain true to the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King,

I'm sure he's ready to play. We expect him to play and we're prepared for him. And really you can see that their offense is a steady offense, but they're missing the big play from Peterson. ... He is explosive. When he's healthy, he is able to break a big play and we have to try to stop that.

In all honesty, I'd rather be speaking on Thursday night,

I knew when I got into this race that it wouldn't be easy. Anything worth fighting for in life rarely is,

I'm ready for the verdict, ... I need your help.

If now is not the time to address the needs of the 44 million uninsured Americans ? 11 million of them children ? when is?

I have not accepted a case for investigation because of the initiative. It treats victims so unfair.

I have not posed it. I don't think it would be necessary,

I'll be laying out what I think are important things for this country to do in these times of unprecedented prosperity. And I'll have a special message for young people in the country,

I'm coming here today as someone who has been in this kind of setting a lot of times, ... I look in your eyes and I see incredible excitement. I want to make sure those eyes will have the chance to fulfill the potential that each of you possesses.

I fully support the American and NATO troops who are now in danger overseas.

In this campaign, Al Gore is proposing that we spend more of your money on a military build-up than on education,

I hope that all leaders in this country will be innovative in trying to find ways to reach out to people to challenge their best instincts as opposed to playing to their worst instincts.

If you're timid in your candidacy, you're going to be timid in your presidency and that's not why I want to be president.

If you want to get into people's living rooms, you have to get into their living rooms, ... Your come-from-behind underdog speech brings tears to my eyes.

In 30 seconds you can say a lot,

By the time we get to February 1, people will know who I am, what I believe, what I'm for, and what I would like to do if I were president,

Before the money machine starts humming, let's pause and think about a better way,

I ask myself what he would want a presidential candidate or a president to do at this time in our country's history.

However, I have serious questions about our policy. We are escalating our commitment without establishing a clear exit strategy. As with Bosnia, we run the risk of becoming bogged down in a quagmire whose end we cannot predict or control,

I could never appoint someone to the Supreme Court who I thought would turn back the clock on civil rights, ... overblown.

I condemn it. I think it's morally repugnant. I think we have to be very clear about this,

I clearly have to win a number of states on March 7 and 14, no question about that,

For the last 10 months, the vice president's campaign has been ignoring and now they want to debate me. I think that says we're making some progress.

You can talk about the past, but I want to talk about the future,

The independent voters of Washington are going to determine who will be the next president of the United States, and that's why we're here to compete between now and Tuesday in this campaign,

The game is still full of joy and the lessons learned from it stay with you . . . even though the game has changed, the old values still flow through it.

The challenge of this time is to take our unprecedented prosperity and turn it to the benefit of those left behind, ... That's what (kind) of leadership is required in this country.

The competition is good for democracy, good for the voters and it?s enabled me to break through and communicate a lot more effectively.

And if only John McCain hadn't taken all the play away from us with a New Hampshire landslide.

the kinds of things I've been talking about are the kinds of things that will improve their lives in terms of increasing the number of people with health insurance, helping those with low incomes, in terms of providing for continuing education and in terms of making it easier to organize.