A biography for Evan Bayhhasn’t been written yet.
“Families and businesses are tightening their belts to make ends meet - and Washington should too.”
“Baseball may be our national pastime, but the age-old tradition of taking a swing at Congress is a sport with even deeper historical roots in the American experience. Since the founding of our country, citizens from Ben Franklin to David Letterman have made fun of their elected officials.”
“What we need to do is to come together as a people and solve the problems facing our country. And unfortunately, Washington is just not doing enough of that these days.”
“While romanticizing the Senate of yore would be a mistake, it was certainly better in my father's time.”
“The most important area for spending restraint is entitlement reform.”
“If, by demanding revolutionary change, I run the risk of accomplishing nothing on behalf of the public, then I'm not sure that's a responsible course of action.”
“I've never stopped being a Hoosier.”
“What is required from members of Congress and the public alike is a new spirit of devotion to the national welfare beyond party or self-interest.”
“Tim Kaine is a good man.”
“We all have things in life we'd do over again.”
“Bob Corker's a very reasonable person.”
“Our success as a party will largely be determined by how well we do here in the heartland... The time has come to be secure about our values. The time has come to lead.”
“To win the war on terror, we must know who our friends are and where our enemies are hiding. We can't continue fighting terrorism using the same foreign policy blueprints that were in place before September 11th.”
“Every once in a while, an election comes along, and who you are and what you believe gets subsumed in a larger tide. It just happens.”
“What matters is moving forward and focusing on practical results for the American people.”
“Sometimes making progress a step at a time is better than no progress at all.”
“If I could create one job in the private sector by helping to grow a business, that would be one more than Congress has created in the last six months.”
“As Indiana's governor, I balanced eight budgets, never raised taxes, and left the largest surplus in state history. It wasn't always easy. Cuts had to be made and some initiatives deferred. Occasionally I had to say 'no.'”
“My mother wrote a book. Unfortunately, it ended up being published posthumously. But I'm glad she did, because it taught me a lot about my family that, otherwise, I probably wouldn't know.”
“If I could help educate our children at an institution for higher learning, that would be a noble thing.”