81 Quotes by John Breaux

We do not have to have a trial. The Constitution says that the Senate shall be the sole trier of an impeachment resolution. It gives us the power to do it, but it doesn't demand that we have to,

To suggest that these African-American leaders would somehow shortchange their own citizens is absolutely without merit,

Blaming each other does not save a life, does not feed a single family or compensate them in their loss.

As I have said all along, we must rely on Florida's highest court to interpret Florida state laws governing its elections, ... With the Florida Supreme Court justices' decision now in hand, I hope a recount will be concluded in time to meet the federal deadline to select electors.

There's plenty of lore, but none of it you can publish in a family newspaper.

Is it a perfect agreement? Of course not. But does it help people who need the help the most at the bottom end of the economic ladder? I think it does. Does it also help people at the top end who pay the greatest amount of taxes? The answer is also yes.

It was acceptable because we never had problems with that arrangement. After September 11 everything has dramatically changed.

San Francisco sits on an earthquake fault, ... So do you say: Move 'em all out of there?

advance the cause of government in a democracy that is almost evenly divided between the two parties.