Top 99 Quotes & Sayings by John Fetterman

Community partnerships need to be formed between law enforcement organizations, residents, schools, child-support services, prosecutors, religious leaders, businesses and other members of our society.

I really don't care what Patrick J. Toomey says or does because Patrick J. Toomey couldn't get reelected in Pennsylvania, and that's why he's out.

When you have the president arguing that there was mass voter fraud in the absence of any evidence whatsoever - I mean, literally zero - what's to stop anyone from saying so-and-so's a so-and-so?

If you think that people can change... and, if they've grown and they've expressed contrition or regret, that they should be given a chance, then you should vote for me.

You're to the right of Hobby Lobby if you don't support $15. Hobby Lobby recognized that you got to pay people $15 an hour. So if Hobby Lobby gets it, and you don't as a Democrat, what's your problem, you know?

We can't say, 'Science, science, science,' and then say, 'Except in unrealistic climate talking points.'

A place deserves somewhere to eat lunch.

Jake Corman, he and I disagree on issues politically, but Jake Corman is not a bad guy.

Unions sustained and fed the middle class. It's no coincidence that as union membership has continued to dwindle, so have the fortunes of the middle class.

I do not look like the normal politician. I don't even look like a normal person.

Once one of the most important steel manufacturing centers in the world, Braddock - what's left of it - solemnly affirms one of the great economic maxims of our society: socialism for the rich, and capitalism for the poor.

You can't litigate math.

To pretend that former President Donald Trump's Republican Party will act in good faith to preserve democracy is naive.

There isn't a more strident supporter of Bernie than I am.

Climate change is real, and we need to work on a comprehensive approach. We eliminated sulfur dioxide in the air, and got rid of acid rain. We got rid of lead in gasoline. You can achieve these things when the private and public sectors work together.

I was one of the only Democrats that was warning just how popular Trump would be.

Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin is wrong to choose to vote against the For the People Act, a bill that would increase election security and access to voting and reduce the influence of big money in politics.

I'm in the camp that says that if you're to the right of South Dakota on anything, you should use that as a moment to recalibrate your core values.

I'm not a social butterfly.

If we turn our backs on the remaining industries and not reinvest in these places and just say 'You're on your own,' we will lose an entire generation of people that have no other options, other than to turn to somebody like Donald Trump and say, you know, 'Wow, he at least gets me. He at least cares. He at least pays lip service.'

My tenure as mayor of Braddock started with a community that was embroiled in mass distrust between residents and the police force.

As a Democrat, I would just hate to be in a position of only being able to accomplish what Mitch McConnell allows us to.

I would implore any 'Bernie or Bust' supporter that we can't let this country go the way of Donald Trump.

My dad was a union grocery worker in ShopRite in Reading. That helped keep the family together while he went to college. He ended up graduating and got a job as an underwriter and then transitioned into the agency side in York, Pennsylvania, and eventually became successful, at least certainly in comparison to his parents.

You're guaranteed to have outcomes you like and outcomes you don't like in a democracy.

I'm not pro-fracking. But sometimes there's got to be some pragmatism.

I moved to Braddock in 2001 and started a program to help local youth earn their GED and find jobs.

In 2015, I signed the no-fossil-fuel-money pledge and I have never taken a dime from that industry, or ever will.

The fact that somebody that looks as unfortunate as I do sometimes would be an American taste god by the Bible of American taste, you know, I didn't see that coming!

Yeah, I'm quiet and introspective.

I was an unplanned pregnancy between two teenagers in Reading, Pennsylvania, and they ended up getting married. They started out struggling.

If you've seen the 'Shawshank Redemption' and if you think Morgan Freeman's character should have died in prison, vote for the other person. And if you think, and you believe in redemption, and a second chance, you know, I'm your candidate.

From partisan gerrymandering and unlimited corporate money flooding our elections to voter suppression legislation, the Republican Party, aligned with Trump, has waged a war on our democracy.

Being completely neutral, Joe Biden would be all but impossible for Trump to beat.

I'm so happy about Biden. I love a boring president. It's such a relief. You just have so much more confidence in our government.

I have plenty of relationships with progressive groups. And I've run as a progressive before it was cool to do so.

Discretion is the most powerful tool a police officer carries on the beat, because an appropriate level of discretion can short-circuit the use of lethal force. Discretion and de-escalation measures are pro-community, pro-police, and create more trust while making everyone safer.

Basic fairness and equity demand that the color of your collar should not dictate if you receive a bail-out or get bailed on.

We must fall on the side of de-escalation every time.

For Americans living in places like Braddock, I believe the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is perhaps the last, best chance to help overcome the injustice and harm that the decades steeped in a laissez-faire orthodoxy have wrought.

We must never stop pushing for equal protection under the law in Pennsylvania and across the country.

I have said this before. Donald Trump is very popular in Pennsylvania. We cannot afford to underestimate his popularity in our state. And I have emphasized that continuously.

I've never believed in my own political manifest destiny.

How can we let students go to school everyday in an environment where they're afraid to be verbally or physically bullied? We are better than this, which is why we need to keep moving forward.

From my perspective, we must create an equitable path forward to energy independence, not only from foreign countries, but also independence from fossil fuels.

I said you could sue a ham sandwich. It's not going to change anything. Well, you can audit a ham sandwich, and it's not going to change anything.

Republicans need to get honest about confronting climate, but Democrats need to get honest about energy.

In order to maintain American democracy we need to tackle the problematic influence of big money donors, corporate political action committees and dark money contributions. We must put an end to partisan gerrymandering and the blatant attempts at voter suppression being pushed in Republican-led states across the country.

I'm certainly not above the law.

My life has been, you know, immeasurably enriched by my wife and her family and her immigration story.

Republicans are consistently right-to-work and they want to eliminate unions or destroy the union way of life.

Braddock looks every bit the deserted battlefield it truly is: 90 percent of our town's people, buildings, businesses, and homes are gone and what remains, bears witness to the torment.

Like how on earth can you make 180 grand as a senator with luxe health care and sit there and be like Nero, thumbs up or down, on paying someone a living wage? I don't understand that.

I'm a GQ fashionista, imagine that? I don't take it seriously.

I've said to workers that I don't care what you agree with me on politically - I hope it's as many things as possible - but one thing that you and I absolutely agree on is that your right to organize, your right to a good wage, your right to benefits, your right to participate in the value that your hard work creates.

Equity everywhere is worth fighting for.

We all can't learn how to code when, you know, we're 50 years old.

If there's ever a boot that comes down to the union way of life or some other kind of arrangement or some kind of corporate interests, I'm always going to come down on the side of the unions.

The government shouldn't be in the business of subsidizing a business by allowing people to be paid starvation wages.

The security of Israel always has to be paramount.