Ted Strickland Quotations

Our nation was built by pioneers - pioneers who accepted untold risks in pursuit of freedom, not by pioneers seeking offshore profits at the expense of American workers here at home.

The connection between education and a healthy economy is critical.

Quite frankly, Barack Obama knows what it's like to pay a mortgage and student loans. He knows what it's like to watch a beloved family member in a medical crisis and worry that treatment is out of reach. Barack Obama knows our struggles. And, my friends, he shares our values.

But all over Ohio - all over America - men and women are going back to work with the pride of building something stamped 'Made in America.

The auto industry is standing today. The middle class is standing today. Ohio is standing today. America is standing strong today.

Before Barack Obama took office, it looked like that pride could have vanished forever, but today, from the staggering depths of the Great Recession, the nation has had 29 straight months of job growth. Workers across my state and across the country are getting back the dignity of a good job and a good salary.

I want to talk about jobs and health care and pension security and what we're going to do to stop the brain drain in Ohio and make it possible for our young people to stay here and build a life in Ohio rather than in Pennsylvania or West Virginia or God knows where.

It's been a long slog back, and we've still got a long way to go.

Barack Obama is betting on the American worker.

He has it all broad experience, high ethics, keen intellect and a deep passion for Ohio and all Ohioans. ... I think my selection of Lee Fisher should send a signal to our opponents and to all the people of this great state that we are serious about winning this election and giving Ohio back to Ohioans.

Religious faith is a powerful force for good, and it ought to result in people coming together and showing concern for each other. It should not be used as a way to justify a political position, or to be identified with a particular political party. The teachings of Jesus should cause us to be concerned about the sick and poor. That's the type of effect religion should have on public policy.

Listen, I am going to be so pleased when our opponents eventually choose their running mates to stand Lee Fisher against them, beside them. I cannot wait for the debate.

I sure hope they'll recover, for the employees' sake and the company's sake,

The President would have America believe that the Social Security system faces a crisis that can only be solved through privatization.

What that says to me is they know the other two and they don't like what they know.

The zeitgeist is clear. People in this state want change. They're tired of scandal. They want to turn things around, and that's just what we are going to do.

Although veterans' access to quality medical care must be our first priority in this matter, proper community notification and solicitation of government contracts is essential in ensuring a smooth transition to the new facility,

In my judgment I can tolerate the inconvenience of an unwanted phone call, but I cannot tolerate job loss. Job loss in my district is devastating.

Christian faith is built on the words and teachings of Jesus Christ.

I asked him, and I took his word for it.

In Matthew, chapter 6, verse 21, the scriptures teach us that where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. My friends, any man who aspires to be our president should keep both his treasure and his heart in the United States of America.

Barack Obama is an economic patriot.

You know, it was once said of the first George Bush that he was born on third base and thought he'd hit a triple. Well, with the 22 million new jobs and the budget surplus Bill Clinton left behind, George W. Bush came into office on third base, and then he stole second.

If Mitt Romney was Santa Claus, he would fire the reindeer and outsource the elves.

The city is trying to build a town center in an area that is becoming rundown and looking blighted, ... The mayor and City Council are trying to be proactive and not reactive to all the growth we've had. We're trying to stay ahead of it.

The mayor and council did not retract what they already have done.

The ITC got this one right, ... Now it's up to President Bush to provide a remedy for American standard pipe producers.