Quotes by Russell Feingold

“to let the administration intimidate them into not opposing this war.”

“Theres a deepening feeling of dismay in the country about the way things are going in Iraq, ... I think hes wrong. I think not talking about endgames is playing into our enemies hand.”

“as early as possible in 2006.”

“It is unreasonable to not provide those 16 [files] and its even more unreasonable not to provide them when youre talking about the chief justice,”

“It is not undignified to ask the nominee questions he would rather not answer, should he prefer to remain inscrutable, or worse yet, all things to all people.”

“I have no platform,”

“If you are confirmed, you will essentially disappear from public view,”

“Mr. Chairman, if those items could be entered in the record?”

“If by dignified they mean that tough questions are out of bounds, I must strongly disagree,”

“Do you believe that the chief justice has the duty to influence the overall philosophical direction of the court through his personal leadership or through opinion-writing assignments or any other means?”