Top 36 Meehan Quotes
#1. Under the leadership of President Bush and Vice President Cheney, the United States has given up the moral high ground that we used to occupy as an international leader.
Marty Meehan
#2. The fact is I've been in Massachusetts for the last two weeks, and it seems over the last few days that the price is increasing by the hour at the pump, so there needs to be an aggressive investigation.
Marty Meehan
#3. Well, Mr. Speaker, if so many of these Iraqis are ready to come up and to provide the security, the police work in the country, then surely there should be no problem with putting American forces into the background instead of having them up front.
Marty Meehan
#4. trust the universe (or God), but tether your camel.
Teri Meehan
#5. Black History Month must be more than just a month of remembrance; it should be a tribute to our history and reminder of the work that lies in the months and years ahead.
Marty Meehan
#6. What's interesting is there are $12 billion of breaks in the energy bill that passed, yet we see that the sixth major oil companies in America last year made $1.1 trillion.
Marty Meehan
#7. We need a tougher enforcement program and, most importantly, we need to fix the badly broken ethics system.
Marty Meehan
#8. Our own State Department polls say that 80 percent of Iraqis view the United States as an unpopular occupier.
Marty Meehan
#9. As we celebrate Black History Month we should be grateful for the achievements they made and inspired by their legacies to continue their work.
Marty Meehan
#10. Whenever you manage more than 100 attorneys, there's always going to be attorneys who believe that someone isn't as good as they are.
Pat Meehan
#11. No one chooses the part they play. We can but tackle what the world throws at us and try to make it a better place.
Gary Meehan
#12. Over the past few years special interests have had a larger and larger say over who gets what in America, and the voices of average citizens are being shut out.
Marty Meehan
#13. The worst excesses of the Congress of the 1980s pale in comparison with what is going on in Washington today.
Marty Meehan
#14. Forty-five percent of Iraqi citizens think it is morally okay to attack American troops.
Marty Meehan
#15. Everyone's tried to kill me,' said Megan. 'These days I'm taking it as a sign of affection.
Gary Meehan
#16. Megan looked to the table. 'We're agreed then? We go through?'
'Because you said so?'
'I think you'll find that's how Megan defines agreement, father,' said Eleanor.
Gary Meehan
#17. It is never too late to regain our credibility around the world.
Marty Meehan
#18. Regrettably, it has become clear that torture of detainees in United States custody is not limited to Abu Ghraib or even Iraq. Since Abu Ghraib, there have been increasing reports of torture.
Marty Meehan
#19. Tobryton cocked his head as he watched the commotion play put. "Didn't we send you to God out on that beach?" he said to Damon.
"He didn't want me. Next time He'd be happy with socks.
Gary Meehan
#20. Recently, lobbyists for the pharmaceutical industry wrote a prescription drug bill that increased their profits and did nothing to help seniors. The result: seniors are stuck with a confusing prescription drug plan that does little to help them with their costs.
Marty Meehan
#21. You can't communicate solely in pronouns and emphasis, you know.
Gary Meehan
#22. I don't want to be unkind, but you girls seem really stupid.
Kierin Meehan
#23. At the same time, Republicans are pushing a $70 billion tax package that will overwhelmingly benefit the most wealthy Americans and actually increases the deficit by $16 billion.
Marty Meehan
#24. There's an excitement to officiating a well-played game. A lot of discretion, a lot of judgment comes into play.
Pat Meehan
#25. I support responsible spending, and balancing the budget, but this tax cut and the budget cuts of last month accomplish neither of these goals.
Marty Meehan
#26. I see two options,' said Damon. 'Running or fleeing.'
'They're the same thing.'
'Fleeing's more ... dramatic.
Gary Meehan
#27. The reality is that we have missed a lot of opportunities in Iraq because of a failed policy.
Marty Meehan
#28. I think I've had the opportunity to work for people because I wanted to and because I thought they were good people, and therefore everything I do, I can do with sincerity.
Pat Meehan
#29. The 55% of American households that make less than $40,000 will get a tax break of only $7 while the households that make more than $1 million will receive an average tax break of $32,000.
Marty Meehan
#30. Real lobbying reform must end the practice of corporate lobbyists writing our laws.
Marty Meehan
#31. Parts of the Voting Rights Act are due to expire next year if Congress doesn't extend them, including the section that guarantees that voting rights will be protected by the federal government.
Marty Meehan
#32. You do what is manageable, and you do it well rather than trying to do a thousand things just a little bit OK.
Pat Meehan
#33. For three years now, our brave men and women in uniform have done everything their country has asked of them, yet President Bush still does not have a plan to win the peace in Iraq and bring our troops home.
Marty Meehan
#34. First of all, I'm in favor of making price gouging a crime, and in fact, one the reasons I didn't vote for the Republican House version was because there were too many breaks for the oil companies.
Marty Meehan
#35. I don't want to remember 2005 as a year that the government heaped unnecessary burdens upon American families. Stealing from the poor and middle class and giving to the rich, while increasing the deficit, is hardly responsible.
Marty Meehan
#36. The poorest residents of the gulf coast were most affected by the devastating hurricanes, and the poorest Americans have shouldered a disproportionate share of the burden in Iraq.
Marty Meehan
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