--- title: "18 Thinking Quotes By Mitch McConnell" description: "18 Thinking quotes by Mitch McConnell. Plus more from Mitch McConnell and more Thinking sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/240/mitch-mcconnell-2153_climate-change_for-everybody-who-thinks-it-s-warming-i_1145967.jpg" --- > [For everybody who thinks it's warming, I can find somebody who thinks it isn't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-mcconnell/for-everybody-who-thinks-it-s-warming-i-can-find-somebody-who-thinks/) [Mitch McConnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-mcconnell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/240/mitch-mcconnell-2153_climate-change_for-everybody-who-thinks-it-s-warming-i_1145967.jpg) > [Americans don't think we should be raising taxes on anybody, especially in the middle of a recession.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-mcconnell/americans-don-t-think-we-should-be-raising-taxes-on-anybody/) [Mitch McConnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-mcconnell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d08/mitch-mcconnell-2153_americans_americans-don-t-think-we-should-be-raisi_678699.jpg) > [I think the important thing to remember here is that we haven't been attacked again at home since September of 2001.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-mcconnell/i-think-the-important-thing-to-remember-here-is-that-we-haven-t-been/) [Mitch McConnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-mcconnell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/197/mitch-mcconnell-2153_home_i-think-the-important-thing-to-remember_1531030.jpg) > [I don't think there is any equivalency between the way the Russians conduct themselves and the way the United States does.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-mcconnell/i-don-t-think-there-is-any-equivalency-between-the-way-the-russians/) [Mitch McConnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-mcconnell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8d/mitch-mcconnell-2153_between_i-don-t-think-there-is-any-equivalency-b_344805.jpg) > [I think it's not just Republicans who would like to see the Senate run differently. I think there are a reasonable number…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-mcconnell/i-think-it-s-not-just-republicans-who-would-like-to-see-the-senate/) [Mitch McConnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-mcconnell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/725/mitch-mcconnell-2153_democracy_i-think-it-s-not-just-republicans-who-wo_1058069.jpg) > [ We \[Democrats\] are looking for things that we think would make a difference, improve the country, and enjoy some bipartisan support. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-mcconnell/we-democrats-are-looking-for-things-that-we-think-would-make-a/) [Mitch McConnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-mcconnell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f38/mitch-mcconnell-2153_bipartisan_we-democrats-are-looking-for-things-that_2016868.jpg) > [You'll regret this, and you may regret this a lot sooner than you think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-mcconnell/you-ll-regret-this-and-you-may-regret-this-a-lot-sooner-than-you-think/) [Mitch McConnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-mcconnell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fb/mitch-mcconnell-2153_may_you-ll-regret-this-and-you-may-regret-th_2760548.jpg) > [All Citizens United did was to level the playing field for corporate speech. We now have, I think, the most free and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-mcconnell/all-citizens-united-did-was-to-level-the-playing-field-for-corporate/) [Mitch McConnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-mcconnell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a6/mitch-mcconnell-2153_citizens_all-citizens-united-did-was-to-level-the_1724010.jpg) > [ What I said to the members \[of Congress\] who hoped they would be chairmen: let's don't have that problem. Be thinking now… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-mcconnell/what-i-said-to-the-members-of-congress-who-hoped-they-would-be/) [Mitch McConnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-mcconnell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91c/mitch-mcconnell-2153_chairman_what-i-said-to-the-members-of-congress-w_3135963.jpg) > [I think it is to the advantage of my state to have the opportunity to come to meetings occasionally and to vote…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-mcconnell/i-think-it-is-to-the-advantage-of-my-state-to-have-the-opportunity-to/) [Mitch McConnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-mcconnell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04a/mitch-mcconnell-2153_advantage_i-think-it-is-to-the-advantage-of-my-sta_58562.jpg) > [What we do know is that the American people, regardless of how they feel about the abortion issue, don't think that taxpayer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-mcconnell/what-we-do-know-is-that-the-american-people-regardless-of-how-they/) [Mitch McConnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-mcconnell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80e/mitch-mcconnell-2153_abortion_what-we-do-know-is-that-the-american-peo_1288906.jpg) > [By their own admission, leaders of the Republican Revolution of 1994 think their greatest mistake was overlooking the power of the veto.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-mcconnell/by-their-own-admission-leaders-of-the-republican-revolution-of-1994/) [Mitch McConnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-mcconnell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ca/mitch-mcconnell-2153_admission_by-their-own-admission-leaders-of-the-re_1480661.jpg) > [I'm in favor of doing tax reform, but I think tax reform ought to be revenue neutral as it was back during…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-mcconnell/i-m-in-favor-of-doing-tax-reform-but-i-think-tax-reform-ought-to-be/) [Mitch McConnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-mcconnell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76b/mitch-mcconnell-2153_favors_i-m-in-favor-of-doing-tax-reform-but-i-t_2583823.jpg) > [I think some of our members may have thought the default issue was a hostage you might take a chance at shooting.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-mcconnell/i-think-some-of-our-members-may-have-thought-the-default-issue-was-a/) [Mitch McConnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-mcconnell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e9/mitch-mcconnell-2153_chance_i-think-some-of-our-members-may-have-tho_546733.jpg) > [I honestly thought we wouldn't hold the U.S. Senate. I thought we'd come up short and I didn't think President Donald Trump…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-mcconnell/i-honestly-thought-we-wouldn-t-hold-the-u-s-senate-i-thought-we-d/) [Mitch McConnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-mcconnell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a70/mitch-mcconnell-2153_chance_i-honestly-thought-we-wouldn-t-hold-the_1667168.jpg) > [I think there were two messages in last year's election. One is pretty obvious. People were mad as hell at the president…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-mcconnell/i-think-there-were-two-messages-in-last-year-s-election-one-is-pretty/) [Mitch McConnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-mcconnell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2d/mitch-mcconnell-2153_accurate_i-think-there-were-two-messages-in-last_1572393.jpg) > [I'm not going to critique the president's every utterance, but I do think America is exceptional. America is different. We don't operate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-mcconnell/i-m-not-going-to-critique-the-president-s-every-utterance-but-i-do/) [Mitch McConnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-mcconnell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf2/mitch-mcconnell-2153_america_i-m-not-going-to-critique-the-president_2484452.jpg) > [The classic example I've used - I'm sure you've heard me say it before - was Mark Begich in Alaska who was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-mcconnell/the-classic-example-i-ve-used-i-m-sure-you-ve-heard-me-say-it-before/) [Mitch McConnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-mcconnell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/538/mitch-mcconnell-2153_alaska_the-classic-example-i-ve-used-i-m-sure-y_2579243.jpg) ## Other authors on Thinking - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 447 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/barack-obama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rush-limbaugh-81741.jpg) Rush Limbaugh 440 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/rush-limbaugh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-donald-trump-30060.jpg) Donald Trump 357 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/donald-trump/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-hillary-clinton-42043.jpg) Hillary Clinton 292 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/hillary-clinton/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-lenz-36205.jpg) Frederick Lenz 243 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/frederick-lenz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-cassandra-clare-21529.jpg) Cassandra Clare 184 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/cassandra-clare/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 161 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-noam-chomsky-71799.jpg) Noam Chomsky 161 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/noam-chomsky/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-albert-einstein-10494.jpg) Albert Einstein 146 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/albert-einstein/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sherrilyn-kenyon-84925.jpg) Sherrilyn Kenyon 143 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/sherrilyn-kenyon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-taylor-swift-89132.jpg) Taylor Swift 137 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/taylor-swift/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-stephen-king-87054.jpg) Stephen King 137 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/stephen-king/) ## More by Mitch McConnell > [When you hang the 'bipartisan' tag on something, the perception is that differences have been worked out, and there's a broad agreement that that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-mcconnell/when-you-hang-the-bipartisan-tag-on-something-the-perception-is-that/) [Mitch McConnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-mcconnell/) > [No matter how unusual a personality may be who gets elected to office, there are constraints in this country. You don't get to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-mcconnell/no-matter-how-unusual-a-personality-may-be-who-gets-elected-to-office/) [Mitch McConnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-mcconnell/) > [I'm optimistic that none of my members in the end want to be responsible for the status quo on Obamacare.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-mcconnell/i-m-optimistic-that-none-of-my-members-in-the-end-want-to-be/) [Mitch McConnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-mcconnell/) > [America's a land of second opportunities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-mcconnell/america-s-a-land-of-second-opportunities/) [Mitch McConnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-mcconnell/) > [To call this a recovery is an insult to recoveries.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-mcconnell/to-call-this-a-recovery-is-an-insult-to-recoveries/) [Mitch McConnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-mcconnell/) > [I believe that marriage should be between one man and one woman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-mcconnell/i-believe-that-marriage-should-be-between-one-man-and-one-woman/) [Mitch McConnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-mcconnell/) > [I'm really proud of this Supreme Court and the way they've been dealing with the issue of First Amendment political speech.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-mcconnell/i-m-really-proud-of-this-supreme-court-and-the-way-they-ve-been/) [Mitch McConnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-mcconnell/) > [I think it is to the advantage of my state to have the opportunity to come to meetings occasionally and to vote in person,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-mcconnell/i-think-it-is-to-the-advantage-of-my-state-to-have-the-opportunity-to/) [Mitch McConnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-mcconnell/) > [It is time for a leader who will lead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-mcconnell/it-is-time-for-a-leader-who-will-lead/) [Mitch McConnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-mcconnell/) > [On the issue of Iraq, it is my hope, and my challenge to my colleagues, that our debate will be based on what is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-mcconnell/on-the-issue-of-iraq-it-is-my-hope-and-my-challenge-to-my-colleagues/) [Mitch McConnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-mcconnell/) > [Eventually, Americans would be stuck with government-run health care whether they like it or not. That's when the worst scenario would take shape, with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-mcconnell/eventually-americans-would-be-stuck-with-government-run-health-care/) [Mitch McConnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-mcconnell/) > [Our nation has a regrettable history of drawing down our forces and readiness after each conflict, only to find ourselve ill-prepared for the next…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-mcconnell/our-nation-has-a-regrettable-history-of-drawing-down-our-forces-and/) [Mitch McConnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-mcconnell/) > [As President Obama reminded us, we're all on one team.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-mcconnell/as-president-obama-reminded-us-we-re-all-on-one-team/) [Mitch McConnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-mcconnell/) > [The Frist fairness rule guarantees up-or-down votes for every circuit court or Supreme Court nomination, regardless of which party controls the Senate or the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-mcconnell/the-frist-fairness-rule-guarantees-up-or-down-votes-for-every-circuit/) [Mitch McConnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-mcconnell/) > [I always think a debt ceiling is a good tool to carry something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-mcconnell/i-always-think-a-debt-ceiling-is-a-good-tool-to-carry-something/) [Mitch McConnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-mcconnell/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/mitch-mcconnell/#itemlist", "name": "18 Thinking Quotes By Mitch McConnell", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "For everybody who thinks it's warming, I can find somebody who thinks it isn't.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mitch McConnell" }, "url": 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