120 Quotes by Chris Murphy

I would respectfully disagree that the right to own a military-style weapon is a God-given right. I didn't see that anywhere in the Bible that I read.

Rarely do political contributions lead to direct quid pro quo transactions - donations for votes - and those that cross this line normally get caught.

I think when you have so many people working for American-based think tanks and American-based defense companies, there is always going to be a bent towards proposing American-led solutions for foreign problems. People get paid big money in Washington to come up with ways that America can fix problems overseas, and they are not always right.

I have gone from a proponent of campaign finance reform to a revolutionary during my time in public service.

I play in the congressional baseball game.

I worry that there are financial ties between the Trumps and the Saudi royal family.

In Syria, a progressive foreign policy would have shown military restraint while pumping up our ability to gain political leverage over Syria's benefactors and providing humanitarian funding to make sure that anybody that wanted to leave Syria could.

Washington is agonizingly slow at learning from its mistakes. Especially in the Middle East.

I ran in 2006 as an opponent of the Iraq War, and I came to Congress to change overreliance on U.S. military power.