56 Quotes by Brian Schweitzer

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    I'm going to stand up among a bunch of elected governors and say, 'Are we going to allow the military without a shot being fired to effectively do an end-run coup on civilian government? Are we going to allow that?' ... We're going to have a little civics lesson for some leaders who are apparently out of touch in the military.

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    If Washington, D.C., is not going to think big, if they're not going bring us any grand new ideas on energy independence and security, then it falls on the shoulders of the states and the private industry, and that is what we are doing here in these coming days,

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    If I stay in Washington for more than 72 hours, ... I have to bathe myself in the same stuff I use when my dog gets into a fight with a skunk.

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    This is a historic construction project, and it will set a standard for impaired rivers worldwide, ... If that dam were to break, there's no telling what would happen. It wasn't built to last this long.

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    Agriculture will continue to be a large part of who we are in Montana, ... But growth depends on access to public land and quality of life.

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    The fire season is probably going to be over in the next 50 days, but those next 50 days are going to be critical,

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    If you were just a regular person, you turned on the TV, and you saw Eric Cantor talking, I would say – and I’m fine with gay people, that’s all right – but my gaydar is 60-70 percent. But he’s not, I think, so I don’t know. Again, I couldn’t care less. I’m accepting.

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    You can’t pay for healthcare if we’re sending a trillion dollars a year to dictators.

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