Jerrold Nadler quotes

Thousands die each year because they are uninsured or under-insured. (Jerrold Nadler)
We have to go to war against the people who enable the gun violence, the people who stop us from keeping guns out of the hands of mentally unstable people, of felons, and that means the NRA leadership. View quote
Jerrold Nadler
Torture fails to make us safe, but it certainly makes us less free. View quote
Jerrold Nadler
If the minority is able to successfully undo the Affordable Care Act by blackmail, it will be the undoing of the democratic nature of our government. View quote
Jerrold Nadler
Torture, including practices like waterboarding, violates the legal and moral standards of all civilized nations. View quote
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Government by blackmail is incompatible with democracy. View quote
Jerrold Nadler
The forces that have worked hard to stoke populist anger against reform are the very ones that benefit from a health system which puts profits ahead of quality care for its patients. View quote
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We do not need torture as an available instrument of interrogation. View quote
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Nine-eleven was an act of war. The villains aren't the terrorists. The villains live in the White House. View quote
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Jerrold Nadler: I don't see how you can pick up someone in New York and say that his rights are different or less because he's accused of being an enemy combatant, based on whatever information, as opposed to his being accused of being a murderer. Bradford Berenson: [W]e need to be clear about what that means. It means that if we had captured Mohammed Atta on September 10th, we would have had no choice but to treat him as a criminal defendant, which would have meant no interrogation, no intelligence, and the World Trade Center is coming down. Jerrold Nadler: That's exactly right. View quote
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