Quotes

[Campaign speech, 2007] It's time for innovation and transformation in Washington. It's what our country needs. It's what our people deserve.

I pay all the taxes that are legally required and not a dollar more.

My faith is grounded in the conviction that a consequence of our common humanity is our responsibility to one another - to our fellow Americans foremost, but also to every child of God. Some people believe that such a confession of my faith will sink my candidacy. If they are right, so be it. But I think they underestimate the American people. Americans do not respect believers of convenience. Americans tire of those who would jettison their beliefs, even to gain the world.

[on Obama's supporters] There are 47% of the people who will vote for the President, no matter what. All right, there are 47% who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, you name it. I'll never convince them that they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives.

Donald Trump says that he is very, very smart, but I'm afraid when it comes to foreign policy, he is very very not smart. He said he saw thousands of Muslims in New Jersey celebrating 9/11. Wrong. He saw no such thing. His imagination must not be married to real power.

[observation, 2019]. The President has not risen to the mantle of the office.

[on his decision to vote for the impeachment of Donald Trump] The president did in fact pressure a foreign government to corrupt our election process. And really, corrupting an election process in a democratic republic is about as abusive and egregious an act against the Constitution - and one's oath - that I can imagine. It's what autocrats do.

[on George Santos attending Biden's State of the Union address] I don't know the exact words I said. He shouldn't have been there. Look, he's a sick puppy. He shouldn't have been there. I don't think he ought to be in Congress and he certainly shouldn't be in the aisle trying to shake the hand of the president of the United States and dignitaries coming in. It's an embarrassment. [Feb 2023]

on George Santos] He says that he embellished his record. Look, embellishing is saying you get an A when you get an A-minus. Lying is saying you graduated from a college you didn't even attend

Corporations are people, my friend.