194 Quotes by John Cornyn

But the fact is more than 40 Supreme Court justices were nominated and confirmed to that position without prior judicial experience. But I do think she has the professional experience that will prepare her for this position

The enemy is not just terrorism. It is the threat posed specifically by Islamist terrorism, by Bin Ladin and others who draw on a long tradition of extreme intolerance within a minority strain of Islam that does not distinguish politics from religion, and distorts both.

Our military service members put their lives on the line to protect the rights and freedoms of all Americans - yet many still face substantial roadblocks as they attempt to cast their ballots...This legislation begins to right this national disgrace.

builds up and builds up to the point where some people engage in violence, certainly without any justification.

The spread of democracy, the new foundation of the rule of law, and the creation of fledgling representative governments that honor and respect human rights-together these actions spell out the increasing marginalization of the terrorists, as they have fewer and fewer places to run and hide.

base his rulings on what the Constitution says.

A Supreme Court nomination and appointment is not a roving commission to rewrite our laws.

I have made a proposal, and others have made proposals, and we will work out the differences,

One of the dangers of being here [the Senate] a while is you may have been on record directly and diametrically opposed to what one is saying today.