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“One of the things we wrestle with nationally is, 'If we want the economy to be strong, what should we do?' Why not learn some lessons from Virginia?”
“You see Democrats who will demonize business. I don't do that. You see Republicans who demonize labor. I don't do that.”
“The American economy has always been the innovator in the world, and we're starting to see some tremendous increases in innovation, especially in the clean energy sector.”
“Virginians want you to work across the aisle.”
“I will say, nothing in my time in the Senate has more surprised me than senators and House members want to weigh in on everything under the sun, but they do not want to weigh in on a clearly defined constitutional duty to declare war. It just stuns me.”
“My sense is that economic anxiety means electoral volatility.”
“The best way to deal with the deficit is through economic growth.”
“I am a governor who left office with a smaller general fund budget than when we started.”
“People will pay a price for putting political obstruction over progress in a time that is so critical and urgent.”
“Race to race, the Republicans are putting up candidates that are quite far out of the mainstream in terms of should we have passed the Civil Rights Act or does Social Security need to exist.”
“Gay individuals should be able to adopt.”
“The framers understood that the president, as the head of our armed forces, must defend the nation from imminent threat. But when the mission shifts from defense to offense, congressional approval is essential.”
“During a time of war, we ask our troops to give their best even to the point of sacrificing their own lives. When compared against that, how much of a sacrifice is it for a president to engage in a possibly contentious debate with Congress about whether military action is a good idea?”
“Let me let you in on a secret. I do plan to be on the podium with President Clinton when she's inaugurated in January 2017 - but I'm going to be sitting with the senators.”
“I'm an introvert on the Myers-Briggs. I've got to have time by myself to recharge. My philosophy is sort of that humans are weak, frail, imperfect, and generally kind of bad, but every day I meet somebody who's good, and that inspires me.”
“You don't ask people to sacrifice their lives until the nation has debated and committed to the mission. It's immoral.”
“I will always be a partner with the president of the United States.”
“Like a lot of people, I have been a leader in some things, and I've been a follower in some things. I know how to work on a team. And most of life, frankly, to get things done you have to get done, you've got to work as a team.”
“I can't take classified information that I get as a senator and give it to someone with no consequence.”
“I have a sort of Catholic-slash-Calvinist view of human nature, but every day I meet somebody who is doing cool things. So people get you out of your solitude and do things that exceed your expectations every day.”