Famous quotes by Richard Lugar:
"Declining overseas admissions costs us not only much needed revenues for colleges and universities, but much more importantly, we lose the best opportunity we have to introduce foreign students to all that America has to offer the world."
"Despite elections and the experience of post-Soviet personal freedoms by the Russian people, the fate of democracy in Russia is perhaps more ambiguous now than at any time since the collapse of the Communist system."
"We are not certain as to why or (what was) the particular activity that caused that delay, ... We are pleased that our flight was able to continue to Kiev, albeit three hours later. ... We still had a good night's sleep."
"We are not certain as to why or the particular activity that caused that delay, ... We are pleased that our flight was able to continue to Kiev, albeit three hours later."
"In my judgment, he is supremely qualified to carry forward the tradition of fair, principled and collegial leadership that so distinguished the man for whom he once worked and has now been nominated to replace."
"This type of violence is destined to unravel a nation's state and is unacceptable, ... We have the forces to stop it, we will stop it and the United States will take the leadership in doing that, even at the charge of being called unilateralists."
"[Other Republicans echoed Specter's dismay.] I am disappointed that Gov. William Weld did not receive a hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, ... The advice and consent procedure provided by our Constitution strongly suggests that many Senators will want to question a presidential nominee and that the nominee will have an opportunity to respond to public questions and criticism."
"Even if withdrawal timelines are deemed unwise because they might provide a strategic advantage to the insurgency, the American people need to more fully understand the basis upon which our troops are likely to come home."
"We should recognize that most Americans are focused on an exit strategy in Iraq. Even if withdrawal timelines are deemed unwise because they might provide a strategic advantage to the insurgency, the American people need to more fully understand the basis upon which our troops are likely to come home."
"We must perfect a worldwide system of accountability for nuclear, biological and chemical weapons."
"Americans who may be going to the largest embassy we've ever had."
"I am convinced that the majority of American people do understand that we have a moral responsibility to foster the concepts of opportunity, free enterprise, the rule of law, and democracy. They understand that these values are the hope of the world."