Famous quotes by Harold Ford:
"I'm confident the voters will judge me for who I am and what I believe,"
"This district has more grants than districts three times its size,"
"You're actually in better shape than an awful lot of school districts in your area."
"It's enough to make us worry. But it's not like Wrigley Field."
"If we want to do repairs next summer, we're going to have to get moving fairly quickly,"
"Now is not the time to close bases, ... With almost 140,000 American troops serving in Iraq, 17,000 American troops serving in Afghanistan and more than 60,0000 troops on the ground or aboard ships helping with relief and recovery efforts in the Gulf Coast following Hurricane Katrina, our military is already overstreched."
"reaffirmed our commitment to diversity and progress."
"At a minimum his conduct has been curious. At the worst, it's been very, very suspicious. As a lawyer, I know that could mean absolutely nothing. However, as a a member of Congress and one who respects this body and institution and has affection for my friend, I'm deeply concerned."
"Gary may have had nothing to do with this, I don't know, ... But my concern and my criticism is leveled at my colleague and friend because of the way he's conducted himself, for handling himself subsequent to this young lady's disappearance. He could have been more forthcoming, could have been more truthful and could have been more candid."
"I was deeply disappointed, ... I know my leader was and others throughout our party are, and we'll have to wait and see when Congress returns what if any action might be taken against him."
"If your kids attend school and grades are up that will make $1,000 contributions to some 10,000 kids across the country, are challenging kids to learn foreign languages or challenging kids to get summer jobs or seek summer enrichment opportunities?"
"The idea is a straightforward one. We provide an account for every newborn in America, a $500 account."
"So we have broad bipartisan support for the bill, and it's my hope that we can build on some of the things that have been talked about in Washington involving building a larger ownership society."
"I firmly believe that as voters come to learn more and more about John Kerry and learn more and more about his message that they're going to want a President who is willing to address the fact that we didn't have a post-war plan in Iraq."
"I am not going to stop speaking out on behalf of policies that I think are right - regardless of ideology, party or political expediency."
"If you are born into a family below the national median income, we provide you with an additional $500, and for every contribution made to a child's account below the national median income, we match it dollar for dollar - the federal government will."
"I love New York, I love the smell of New York... I love the subway."
"I think the country is very settled in a lot of ways, and we saw that after the Democratic Convention. I think a lot of the bump that we enjoyed came when John Kerry selected John Edwards as his running mate."
"These are tough times, and the New Yorkers I have met are facing economic adversity with grace and dignity. They worry about their future, care about their neighbors and hope this storm will pass so they can focus on better days ahead."
"I look forward to their convention and look forward to hearing the President talk about what he will do for the next four years. He hasn't done it up to this point."