68 Quotes by John Burns

I don't want boys to use bad language.

God forbid if something were to happen to one of them, it's going to be him washing his hands of the blood, not me. He can go explain to the family why he didn't sign this bill.

Remember the match girls who won their strike and formed a union; take courage from the gas stokers who only a few weeks ago won the eight hour day.

I think he's got the best chance of beating the current administration, better than (Steve) Forbes, better than McCain,

Voting should go quickly once people learn how to use the touch screen. It's better in a whole lot of ways than printed ballots. An election can be certified in two days. It should also minimize recounts. The old paper ballot machines would sometimes miscount the ballot and sometimes two ballots would go through instead of one. The touch screen will leave a paper audit trail and recover everything each voter does.

Those of us who have covered wars here and there over the past 15, 20, 25 years have to struggle to think of anywhere where we've seen such a relentless brutality,

There also will be other significant service and expense reductions, including reductions in staff other than from the (early-retirement plan).

There are a lot of people who can't afford to buy at today's prices. It looks to me like the market is headed for a soft landing.

We need to embrace the changes because it will expand the population of people who can vote.