Charles Schumer Quotes

I think teaching should be an exalted profession, not a picked-on profession.
Charles Schumer

Teacher, Teaching, Profession

Inaction is perhaps the greatest mistake of all.
Charles Schumer

Greatest, Mistake, Perhaps

Giving up even an ounce of precious freedom is a very serious thing to do.
Charles Schumer

Freedom, Giving, Serious

Democrats don't relate to middle-class people.
Charles Schumer

Democrats, Relate

Do not let arguments of expediency persuade you. That is the slow road to oblivion. That is the tortured path to undoing step by step, bit by bit, as the river creates a canyon, the way of life that we love.
Charles Schumer

Life, Love, Path

Barack Obama knows that to create an economy built to last, we need to focus on middle-class families. Families who stay up on Sunday nights pacing the floor, like my dad did, while their children, tucked in bed, dream big dreams. Families who aren't sure what Monday morning will bring, but who believe our nation's best days are still ahead.
Charles Schumer

Dreams, Best, Morning

Whether you are a Democrat or Republican, whether you are a liberal or a conservative, we know that neither this President nor prior Presidents of both parties did everything right or we would not have had a 9/11.
Charles Schumer

Both, Whether, President

A devastating commentary on the war in Iraq is that we have been unable to spend money on infrastructure.
Charles Schumer

Money, War, Spend

America is a place where we all come together. It is a place of consensus.
Charles Schumer

Together, America, Place

Anyone who thinks they have a monopoly on truth, and there is only one way to see the world, always gets us into trouble.
Charles Schumer

Truth, Anyone, Trouble

Arafat was a barrier to peace.
Charles Schumer

Peace, Barrier, Arafat

As long as the Palestinians send terrorists onto school buses and to nightclubs to blow up people, Israel has no choice but to build the fence.
Charles Schumer

School, Long, Choice

But I don't think the Democratic Party is at eye level with the middle class.
Charles Schumer

Party, Democratic, Eye

I want to attract the best people into teaching.
Charles Schumer

Best, Teaching, Attract

I went to the public schools myself. And they were great for me.
Charles Schumer

Great, Public, Schools

I'd like to see the health care professionals making decisions, not some bureaucrat in Indianapolis working for an insurance company.
Charles Schumer

Health, Care, Working

I'm strongly for a patient Bill of Rights. Decisions ought to be made by doctors, not accountants.
Charles Schumer

Medical, Decisions, Rights

I'm totally opposed to vouchers. I will fight them tooth and nail.
Charles Schumer

Fight, Nail, Tooth

If we say the Geneva Convention is obsolete, then what do others who have our soldiers say?
Charles Schumer

Others, Soldiers, Convention

In today's competitive economy, to stand still is to die.
Charles Schumer

Today, Die, Stand

It is essential that all Americans take the time to honor and remember those individuals who gave their lives in defense of our liberty.
Charles Schumer

Time, Remember, Liberty

So I want my kids to go to public schools because I think it's a better education overall.
Charles Schumer

Education, Kids, Public

Soft money will find its way and seep into the political system and corrode it, unless we plug every hole.
Charles Schumer

Money, Political, Find

To those like Mitt Romney who want to take us backwards, let's send a strong message in November: as we say in Brooklyn, 'Fuhgeddaboutit.'
Charles Schumer

Strong, Message, Backwards

We need to make sure middle-class people are able to pay the bills. We need to make sure that poor people don't starve. Those are values, too.
Charles Schumer

Poor, Able, Sure

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: November 23, 1950

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