Patrick Leahy Quotes

Of course no president, Democratic or Republican - no president - is above the law, as neither are you, nor I, nor anyone.

The rights of copyright holders need to be protected, but some draconian remedies that have been suggested would create more problems than they would solve.

The American public is sick and tired of being lied to.

The part that frightens the hell out of me is the goverment deciding where technology goes.

You get fifteen democrats in a room, and you get twenty opinions.

We need to consider nominations as thoroughly and carefully as the American people deserve. No one is entitled to a free pass to a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court.

I intend to have protections for the L.G.B.T. community in there. I'm not going to make choices between that community and the non-L.G.B.T. community.

In my view it is time to pass a good bill, a fair bill, a comprehensive bill ... Too many have been waiting too long for fairness.

Press releases tell us when federal agencies do something right, but the Freedom of Information Act lets us know when they do not.

A lot of people in my state of Vermont are gun owners.

We've won wars before and we've certainly retained our rights as Americans.

Judiciary is where my passion is.

The appointment of the next Supreme Court justice must be made in the people's interest and in the nation's interest, not in the interest of any partisan faction.

The federal judiciary is unlike the other branches of government. And once confirmed, a federal judge serves for life. And there's no court above the Supreme Court.

Most Americans want a sense of privacy. A lot of us don't realize how much of our privacy we're exposing by the internet.

[Sandra Day O'Connor] is a justice whose graciousness and sense of duty fuels her continued service, even agreeing to serve more than six months after her retirement date.

The American people deserve a Supreme Court justice who can demonstrate that he or she will not be beholden to the president, but only to the law.

I think that we should not delay for the sake of delay, but delay until questions are answered.

Stealing is stealing. I don't care if it's on the Internet or you're breaking into a warehouse somewhere - it's theft.

I look forward to the time when the membership of the Supreme Court's more reflective of the country it serves.

I don't want somebody as attorney general who thinks he has to rubberstamp whatever the president says.

The court that serves America should reflect America.