Patrick Leahy Quotes

For The Church To Say That Abortion Is Not Acceptable For A Catholic Is Fine. To Say Directly Or Indirectly That On Something That Is A Church Teaching That You Must Also Vote According To That - That's Not Acceptable In A Country Based On The First Amendment.

I Intend To Have Protections For The L.g.b.t. Community In There. I'm Not Going To Make Choices Between That Community And The Non-l.g.b.t. Community.

In My View It Is Time To Pass A Good Bill, A Fair Bill, A Comprehensive Bill ... Too Many Have Been Waiting Too Long For Fairness.

The Rights Of Copyright Holders Need To Be Protected, But Some Draconian Remedies That Have Been Suggested Would Create More Problems Than They Would Solve.

Press Releases Tell Us When Federal Agencies Do Something Right, But The Freedom Of Information Act Lets Us Know When They Do Not.

A Lot Of People In My State Of Vermont Are Gun Owners.

You Get Fifteen Democrats In A Room, And You Get Twenty Opinions.

We've Won Wars Before And We've Certainly Retained Our Rights As Americans.

Judiciary Is Where My Passion Is.

The Appointment Of The Next Supreme Court Justice Must Be Made In The People's Interest And In The Nation's Interest, Not In The Interest Of Any Partisan Faction.

The Federal Judiciary Is Unlike The Other Branches Of Government. And Once Confirmed, A Federal Judge Serves For Life. And There's No Court Above The Supreme Court.

She [justice Sandra Day O'connor] Rejected The [george] Bush Administration's Claim That It Could Indefinitely Detain A United States Citizen. She Upheld The Fundamental Principle Of Judicial Review Over The Exercise Of Government Power.