I am proud to be in the Senate. I have always been proud to be a part of our political system. It is a remarkable privilege to participate in this system of ours. Byron Dorgan More Quotes by Byron Dorgan More Quotes From Byron Dorgan Working hard and working smart sometimes can be two different things. Byron Dorgan smart work two I am not someone who believes we should build a fence around our country but I do believe there ought to be some fairness with respect to the rules of this globalization. Byron Dorgan fairness believe country I can describe, and I've always been able to describe, what Republicans stand for in eight words, and the eight words are lower taxes, less government, strong defense and family values. Byron Dorgan eight government strong People habitat has to take priority over bird habitat. Byron Dorgan priorities bird people The U.S. Constitution is the basic framework for the greatest democracy on Earth. Some of my colleagues find it easy to amend it. I don't. Byron Dorgan constitution democracy earth This country is about, in my judgment, aggressive, open debate. There is an old saying: When everyone is thinking the same thing, no one is thinking very much. Byron Dorgan debate country thinking This country lacks the backbone and the spine and the will to demand fair trade and stand up for our products. If our producers can't compete, shame on us. Then we lose. But requiring our producers to compete when the game is rigged, saying our producers ought to compete, when foreign markets are closed to us, is fundamentally wrong. Byron Dorgan demand games country Nowhere in this country should we have laws that permit drinking and driving or drinking in vehicles that are on American highways. This is not rocket science. We know how to prevent this, and 36 states do. Byron Dorgan law drinking country We need leadership, and we need it now. Byron Dorgan needs You can delegate authority, but you cannot delegate responsibility. Byron Dorgan delegation authority responsibility The taxpayers deserve accountability. Byron Dorgan taxpayers accountability deserve Only in this town, where we make an industry out of creating euphemisms, can we have enough sugar to sugarcoat this nonsense. Byron Dorgan sugar creating towns If you talk about preemption you better know things rather than think things. Byron Dorgan preemption knows thinking If the Administration does nothing, high gasoline prices will continue to increasingly burden our economy, taking millions of dollars out of the hands of families and putting it straight into the pockets of OPEC. Byron Dorgan gasoline-prices pockets hands I don't feel responsible for things I didn't vote for. Byron Dorgan responsible vote feels All of us aspire to give our children something more, leave a country to our children that is a better one, a stronger one, with better jobs and growth and opportunity. Byron Dorgan jobs country children This galloping concentration in broadcast ownership is unhealthy. Byron Dorgan galloping ownership concentration One of the keys to ensuring accountability is to have civil servants who witness fraud, waste and abuse to blow the whistle. Byron Dorgan keys blow civilization When businesses face tough times, one of the first items they cut is overhead expenses. The government should do the same. Byron Dorgan tough-times cutting government As far as I know, we have never before decided to fight a war with borrowed money and ask generations that come after us to pay for it. Byron Dorgan generations fighting war
