Chuck Schumer's Quotes

Reclassification is the best way to for us to preserve the Internet as an unfettered tool for communication and the sharing of ideas.

Chuck Schumer

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

Chuck Schumer

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.

Chuck Schumer

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.

Chuck Schumer

You know, we have three branches of government. We have a House. We have a Senate. We have a President.

Chuck Schumer

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.'

Chuck Schumer

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

Chuck Schumer

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

Chuck Schumer

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

Chuck Schumer

There are two tests in life, more important than any other test. On Monday morning, when you wake up, do you feel in the pit of your stomach you can't wait to go to work? And when you're ready to go home Friday afternoon, do you say, 'I can't wait to go home?'

Chuck Schumer