“I don't think courts will ever let someone be convicted on secret evidence, no matter how conservative the judge, ... The tape eventually going public was very anticipatable and indeed it did.”
“They're all politically difficult to do. But I think the idea that tax structures should be (based) partly on pollution... it goes across political lines. There are liberals and conservatives that like the idea.”
“Who has the authority to set the price of water? How do you take away the rights of cities and towns? I don't think anyone has the authority to force conservation.”
“Biological Research Associates was the primary partner in the conservation efforts. The other partners were the Genesis Group and Heidt and Associates. They were all involved in surveying, planning, engineering. It was a team effort.”
“OK, I'll predict that the rapture's coming and you and I, Chris [Matthews], are going up, and all these hypocritical conservatives who tell people not to do stuff but then they get caught doing are not.”
“John is genuinely conservative. He's also a nice guy and very smart and would be a very effective (Supreme Court) justice. As a Democrat, that doesn't fill me with a complete sense of satisfaction.”
“There's nothing that appears to be fatal in terms of what (the Conservatives) are proposing to bring in. If the opposition decides they want to take the government down on these issues, they've got a lot of selling to do to Canadians.”
“Blunt is an insider. He is soft-spoken, but a hardcore right-winger who has very close relations with the business community and ideological conservatives. He's not as much of a lightning rod as DeLay.”
“It was just a difficult process to prove this equipment wasn't contaminated in any way, and there's very strict guidelines. We took conservative measures, and if there was even a question, the equipment was disposed of as waste.”
“A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal as opposed to the conservative, who has both feet firmly planted in his mouth”