65 Quotes by Chris Bell

My motive for running is to get Texas out of the 'Thank God for Mississippi' club.

I was very impressed with the facilities here. I can see why it has been called the best of its kind in the world.

Just about everyone in our state is demanding that leaders do something about the quality of education in our public schools.

We need roads, we all know that. What we don't need is to have our land taken away to benefit private business.

The American people expect public servants to be able to police themselves. But instead of designing a system to enforce ethical conduct, Tom Delay and his cohorts have implemented a self protection system. Obviously, it wasn't good for democracy.

The American people do not begrudge anyone his or her power until they start abusing it.

I would love it if every talk show let me say whatever I pleased.

We've been handed an incredible opportunity and the trick will be getting people to recognize that fact.

The DeLay story struck a nerve with people all across the United States because Tom DeLay put a face to what Walt Whitman called "the never-ending audacity of elected persons." Suddenly, they could see corruption up close.