379 Quotes by Tom Daschle

If I could leave this body with one wish, it would be that we never give up that search for common ground, .. The politics of common ground will not be found on the far right, or on the far left. That is not where most Americans live. We will only find it on the firm middle ground, based on common sense and shared values.

Obviously, so much can happen between now and then. But you'd have to assume the presumptive nominee would be whoever lost this election, ... I can't imagine anyone else having a better claim at this stage.

Those who are in government have an urgent responsibility to prove to the American people that our government can still work for them.

There may not be much difference between Democrats and Republicans anymore.

This last-minute change would have given the president broad authority to exercise expansive powers not just overseas -- where we all understood he wanted authority to act -- but right here in the United States, potentially against American citizens.

Obviously, given the level of his dissatisfaction, you would think they would have picked up on it and maybe done something constructive with it,

While endangering one of the most pristine areas in the world, drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge would do nothing to make our country more energy independent.

We're not supportive of getting away from the basic Medicare construct,

There's a recognition of the extraordinary vulnerability we see economically with all the airlines,