#we

If we are going to stay a great power and I hope and pray we will we need the truth. We need to know what is going right and we need to know what is going wrong. There is no greater time than now. ↗

— Charles Schumer

#great #great power #greater #hope #i

I respect people who feel things passionately. I do. But when someone is a judge, that is not what they should bring to the bench. It is not really passion, except in rare instances, that serves the bench well. It is, rather, an ability to understand the law and follow it. ↗

— Charles Schumer

#bench #bring #except #feel #follow

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

— Charles Schumer

#i #me #myself #public #public schools

Middle class people, I think they realize that Romney is not for them because of his narrowness, but they want to make sure that Barack Obama is focused on them with things that will make a difference. They know he tried, but they also know that it didn't do as well as they would have liked. ↗

— Charles Schumer

#barack #barack obama #because #class #difference

Republicans always try to paint Democrats as weak on defense. This time, they can't. After all, Mitt Romney's idea of an overseas accomplishment is sending U.S. jobs there. ↗

— Charles Schumer

#after #always #defense #democrats #idea

Voters did say 'repeal health care,' they did say 'reduce the size of government.' But not a single one of them from the tea party or anywhere said 'give tax breaks to the wealthiest.' ↗

— Charles Schumer

#breaks #care #did #give #government

Well, I think it's too early to call Fallujah a failure. ↗

— Charles Schumer

#early #failure #i #i think #think

Well, the tough thing for them is that the Republican primary is pretty far over to the right, just as the Democratic primary is further over to the left than the average voter in each party. ↗

— Charles Schumer

#democratic #each #far #further #just

When one has success, the answer is not to undo that success. It is to continue what has been done. ↗

— Charles Schumer

#been #continue #done #success #undo

You can set up whatever negotiations or structure you want, but until the Palestinians are willing to accept the fact, as the majority of Israelis do, that there should be two states between the Jordan and the Mediterranean, we won't have peace. ↗

— Charles Schumer

#between #fact #israelis #jordan #majority