John Dingell quotes

I don't take sides for or against Hezbollah, or for or against Israel. (John Dingell)
My old daddy used to say "kill the closest snake first." View quote
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War is failure of diplomacy. View quote
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If you talk to any of my Democratic colleagues who lost that year, they would tell that gun control was one of the major contributory factors in the loss of their seats. View quote
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The consequences of the behavior of the BATF in these kinds of cases (events such as Waco) is that they are not trusted. They are detested, and I have described them properly as jackbooted American fascists. They have shown no concern over the rights of ordinary citizens or their property. They intrude without the slightest regard or concern. View quote
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If we're going to spend a lot of money to deal with the problem of 200 million guns in the country owned by 65 million gun owners, we ought to have a system which will work and catch criminals. View quote
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Mr. Dingell is just plain Mr. Dingell. And when he gets to be chairman of the Commerce Committee, he doesn't let it go to his head. However, he thinks he would be a very, very good chairman. View quote
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Let me remind you this has been going on for years. We are bringing it to a halt. The harsh fact of the matter is when you're going to pass legislation that will cover 300 [million] American people in different ways it takes a long time to do the necessary administrative steps that have to be taken to put the legislation together to control the people. View quote
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If were going to change the laws, lets change them in ways which makes it easier to catch criminals, and yet at the same time protect the Second Amendment rights of our law-abiding citizens. View quote
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Living wild species are like a library of books still unread. Our heedless destruction of them is akin to burning the library without ever having read its books. View quote
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I'm Polish, I carry no grudges. (John Dingell)
The Democratic Party needs to look carefully at moving towards the middle, where the American people are. View quote
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Everything in our foreign and domestic policy is a question of issue for the American people to vote on. View quote
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The Democratic Party is a house of many mansions. It is a body which is extremely important in representing all kinds of people in all parts of the country who have very broad and very different views. View quote
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I have worked with Presidents since Eisenhower. We serve together. View quote
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I still think it would be a great mistake to go into a war without support of our friends and allies. View quote
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If the president is failing to disclose material facts with regard to legislation being presented to the Congress on a question as important as war and peace, I think it does impair the level of trust that the House and the Senate have for this administration. View quote
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Nobody in this country realizes that cap and trade is a tax, and it's a great big one. View quote
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I think we will begin to see some real efforts made to do things like protecting Social Security and Medicare. View quote
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The mistake that was made was, of course, leaving Saddam Hussein in charge of affairs. View quote
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I have enormous respect for Tom Daschle. The NRA has not yet taken a formal position on which I'm aware of on this matter, and I think Tom may be just getting a little ahead of things. (John Dingell)
This is one of the major problems we have. By the way, it was endorsed by leadership on both sides of the aisle and both ends of the Capitol, by the NRA and also by the gun control groups. View quote
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The Congress has now become a fairly evenly divided entity. View quote
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I can support going in after Saddam Hussein, but I want to make sure I don't go alone. View quote
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To go to war, you must always think of, can you win? View quote
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