James Brady Quotations

It is always hard seeing people in that much need -- especially people in America. It is our people and we are going down to help them out.

We want to make sure people look at the Bush record on firearms,

When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. I have several stands around here.

The Senate passed a pretty good bill and we don't want to see it put in the dumpster.

Somewhere along the line, you and others entered into a scheme where you took the names of impoverished, Medicaid-eligible students and billed the state of Louisiana for those services -- even though some of those children never saw the inside of your office, ... That's what the crime is, here.

I'm not used to being physical in a wheelchair, so I have to get used to that. But other than that, I like it.

One very clear impression I had of all the Beautiful People was their prudence. It may be that they paid for their own airline tickets, but they paid for little else.

The words walked right out of my mouth.

There was always talk of espirit de corps, of being gung ho, and that must have been a part of it. Better, tougher training, more marksmanship on the firing range, the instant obedience to orders seared into men in boot camp.

You gotta play the hand that's dealt you. There may be pain in that hand, but you play it. And I've played it.

For target shooting, that's okay. Get a license and go to the range. For defense of the home, that's why we have police departments.

For all the good things it has brought our society, the Web has also fostered ideological hermits, who only talk to folks who believe exactly what they do. This creates an echo chamber that only further convinces people that they are right, and everyone else is not only wrong, but an idiot or worse. So when an incident like this one arises, it's not enough to point out an error; they must prove that the error had nefarious origins. In some places on the Web, everything happens on a grassy knoll.