List of Harold Ford, Jr. Quotes

One Bipartisan Policy Tradition Is To Deny Americans The Use Of Our Own Resources.

I Was For Civil Unions And Believed Strongly That The Flow Of Benefits And Protections That Would Be Provided In A Civil Union For Same-sex Couples‚ The Decisions That Have To Be Made‚ When Health Hardships Are Faced‚ When Economic Hardships Are Faced‚ I Wanted All Of Those Protections. I Never Strayed From Them.

I'm Not Comparing Myself To Bobby Kennedy By Any Stretch, But He Was Opposed By The Liberal Establishment, Too. Eleanor Roosevelt Was The Biggest Opponent To Him Running.

I Expect The Republicans Will Enjoy A Large Bounce Out Of Their Convention. They're Here Wrapping Themselves In The 9/11 Flag, Which I Think Is Inappropriate In Many Ways, But It's Their Choice.

The Bureaucracy Is Not Great. I Don't Think Rick Santorum Who Is Not One For Being A Big Proponent Of Large Bureaucracies Would Be As Enthusiastic A Supporter Of It.

I Am A Democrat. But I Am An Independent Democrat.

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.

I Either Run Or Try To Play Basketball Every Day.

I'm In An Interracial Marriage.

I Don't Think It's A Great Leap To Go From Civil Unions To Gay Marriage - I May Be In The Minority In Believing That.

Money Is In Politics, It's Been There. I Was In Politics For 10 Years, I Had Some Of The Worst Ads Run Against Me Ever. I Had Some Of The Most Money Spent By A Guy In My State Running Against Me. That's Not The Issue. The Issue Is Getting Out And Making The Case For What We're Going To Do To Create Jobs And To Make The Economic Situation For Individual Families Better.

Public Service Is A Part Of Who I Am, Having Grown Up In A Family Of Politicians.