Quotes by Don Nickles

“I still think President Clinton may have some real problems because he testified under oath. There is a real question of perjury and obstruction of justice.”

“We can wait 14 months, get a new president and then do a tax cut.”

“Health care already costs too much. Unfortunately, the bill proposed by Senator Kennedy and many of the Democrats would make it worse. It would make insurance a lot more expensive and therefore less affordable. As a result, millions of Americans would probably lose their health care insurance.”

“To be sitting on their hands and say Well we didnt get into their computer until March of 99 and this guy was a suspect back in 95 is just unacceptable ... I think heads ought to roll.”

“Im wrestling with it. My position has always been to have a one-vote majority, but well make this work. Were going to accept it and make it work.”

“It wont happen. It shouldnt happen.”

“If the senator really wants to support an increase in the minimum wage, we should pass the minimum wage with tax relief.”

“Its probably the most expensive, intrusive regulation ever promulgated certainly by the Department of Labor, maybe by government entirely. Its costs are in the billion and billions of dollars.”

“This is Georgias loss, but it is really a loss for the entire country. Paul Coverdell was a good friend, a fine leader and a great senator for the people of Georgia. He dedicated his work in the Senate and his entire life to making the world a better place for other people.”

And the whole world, the whole world that believes in freedom, whether youre talking about personal freedom, economic freedom, religious freedom, they look to the United States for leadership; and youre part of that leadership.

But the federal government, our collective government, has responsibilities that none of these other levels of government can fulfill; and chief among these is national defense.