81 Quotes by John Breaux

"But we made a decision based on the fact that we have been up there a long time and that we feel that the seniority is important to the people of Louisiana."

"But, at the same time, I think that there is room for economic stimulus in terms of accelerated depreciation to encourage businesses to invest and to grow and ultimately to hire more people again."

"If people in California want to pay extra taxes to have their trash picked up, people in Texas shouldn't have to subsidize it."

"If it was up for a vote in its current form, I would vote against it,"

"He has to give the speech of a lifetime. It's not just the most important speech for Al Gore, it's probably one of the most important speeches in the history of our country because what he says tonight is going to set the tone probably for the next four years. It's easy to give a victory speech, but it really tests ones character to give a concession speech."

"He'll tell it like it is. If he thinks something is not right, he'll holler about it. I'd be hollering at everybody, too."

"He lied to Sidney Blumenthal, but he did not instruct Sidney Blumenthal to go out and tell everybody in America about it,"

"I think the people are saying to all of us ... enough, enough, enough,"

"I think both sides made a mistake from the very beginning on the issue of how to handle a $1 trillion surplus because both sides in effect said 'my way or no way,' and what we're going to end up with no way."

"I think anything that is perceived as parliamentary maneuvering to get out of this is not going to be accepted by the American public, ... It's going to have to be out front. It's going to have to be fair."