Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by John Kennedy - Page 2

The truth of the matter is that Iran is a cancer.

The problem with EMMA is that it is cost prohibitive for the small investors who were supposed to benefit from the new transparency.

I just think you ought to talk straight with your people.

You're innocent until proven guilty.

I looked the people of Louisiana in the eye and told them exactly what I thought in terms that normal people use.

American taxpayers have been generous to Louisiana in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

This is America. You're entitled to believe what you want.

Ninety-nine percent of the men and women of the FBI... are just professionals. I don't want Americans, if an FBI agent knocks on their door, to have to be worried about well, is he a Democrat or a Republican? He's an FBI agent.

Jurisdictions across the U.S. are snapping up algorithms as tools to help judges make bail and bond decisions. They're being sold as race- and gender-neutral assessments that allow judges to use science in determining whether someone will behave if released from jail pending trial.

Nobody's indispensable.

Everybody who makes any kind of policy needs to substitute teach. But you've got to be a real teacher. You can't just go to a couple of classes with the regular teacher there. It is an incredibly hard job.

Wall Street apparently takes and then forgets, and then comes after the guns of law-abiding American citizens and small businesses.

I've always appreciated a turn of phrase.

Algorithms diminish public safety in this country. They ask us to pretend that lengthy arrest records and violent crimes don't matter. They ask police to scoop up the bad guys only for the courts to immediately release them. They turn us into a bad joke.

Transparency at the MSRB is dubious with data downloads too costly for all but the Vanguards of the world.

Look, the American people are smart.

There is a group of people that I think in good faith honestly believe that further curtailing our Second Amendment rights will enhance public safety. But there's another group that just hates the Second Amendment.

I have a reputation for taking on governors a lot more powerful than me.

The FBI should not be a political body.

There are some members of the House leadership whose only mission in life is to demonize the president.

I'm not interested in more political or cultural combat.

I read a lot. I enjoy reading a lot.

We also cannot allow Wall Street banks to rewrite the Second Amendment just because they're too big to fail.

Do FBI Agents and FBI directors have political beliefs? Sure they do. But they're not supposed to act on them.

Life is precious.

I don't like to be bored.

The federal election statutes are primarily meant to be civil. That doesn't mean that you can't have a criminal violation of the FEC provisions, but that's just my personal opinion.

I don't think anybody in America ought to be scared.

I supported Donald Trump.

I love being in the United States Senate.

Most of us believe, or should believe, that every child can learn, given the opportunity, but try substitute teaching just once and you will see firsthand the socioeconomic issues that distract our kids from taking advantage of that opportunity.

I like policy. It's why I decided to enter government. The other thing I like about government - you have good days, you have bad days, but you never have a boring day, and that's important to me.

All impeachments, I guess, are political.

Treat your children like the blessings they are or don't have them at all.

I like policy - call me a nerd.

I mean Facebook is no longer a company, it's a country. 2 billion users. It can influence what we think, what we believe, how we vote, what we buy, even how we feel.

Due process should matter.

Obamacare sucks, it can't be fixed.

I try to speak in a way that people can understand.

Sometimes I'll jot a clever turn of phrase down. Sometimes I'll just remember it.