119 Quotes by Max Baucus

I don't want retired schoolteachers or any other good Americans to be duped by fraudulent organizations into giving money, thinking it is going to go to disabled vets, when in fact it's not at all. It's going in to pad the pockets of some scam artists. I want to stop this stuff.

Politics abhors a vacuum.

I think that the level playing field is so unlevel - it is tilted so much in favor of Chinese companies - that it's time for the United States to do a little bit more, see.

My basic advice to the Chinese with respect to the South China Sea is, 'Hey, guys, cool it.'

Failure to pass TPP sends a big signal. The United States is backing off, backing away. That will create a huge void here.

Cyber-enabled theft of trade secrets by state actors in China has emerged as a major threat to our economic and, thus, national security.

I'm no real expert on China.

The U.S.-China relationship is one of the most important bilateral relationships in the world.

I have learned some core lessons along the way. Among the most important, I have become a firm believer that a strong geopolitical relationship can be born out of a strong economic relationship, which often begins with trade.