Harold Ford, Jr

I am for gay marriage. Or same-sex marriage. I don't want to say it the wrong way. I think people are sensitive…

— Harold Ford, Jr

The bureaucracy is not great. I don't think Rick Santorum who is not one for being a big proponent of large bureaucracies…

— Harold Ford, Jr

The U.S. economy and workers benefit from a strong, healthy relationship between government and business.

— Harold Ford, Jr

I think the country is very settled in a lot of ways, and we saw that after the Democratic Convention. I think…

— Harold Ford, Jr

I am not going to stop speaking out on behalf of policies that I think are right - regardless of ideology, party…

— Harold Ford, Jr

I'm not comparing myself to Bobby Kennedy by any stretch, but he was opposed by the liberal establishment, too. Eleanor Roosevelt was…

— Harold Ford, Jr

Money is in politics, it's been there. I was in politics for 10 years, I had some of the worst ads run…

— Harold Ford, Jr

I'm in an interracial marriage.

— Harold Ford, Jr

Lawmakers misrepresent the facts when they call the manufacturing deduction known as Section 199 - passed by Congress in 2004 to spur…

— Harold Ford, Jr

I believe that people take risk, and there are rewards if they do well; they should lose if they don’t.

— Harold Ford, Jr

I love New York, I love the smell of New York... I love the subway.

— Harold Ford, Jr

I was for civil unions and believed strongly that the flow of benefits and protections that would be provided in a civil…

— Harold Ford, Jr

One bipartisan policy tradition is to deny Americans the use of our own resources.

— Harold Ford, Jr

I refuse to do anything that would help Republicans win a Senate seat in New York, and give the Senate majority to…

— Harold Ford, Jr

I'm a capitalist. I believe that people take risk, and there are rewards if they do well; they should lose if they…

— Harold Ford, Jr

If you don't meet the standards, then you don't qualify.

— Harold Ford, Jr

Public service is a part of who I am, having grown up in a family of politicians.

— Harold Ford, Jr

Killing terrorists is cheaper than capturing them.

— Harold Ford, Jr

My appetite for public policy and changing it, and not only being a part of the conversation, but affecting it in a…

— Harold Ford, Jr

I think if you socialize, dine with, spend time with known terrorists that are on the list of those who want to…

— Harold Ford, Jr

These are tough times, and the New Yorkers I have met are facing economic adversity with grace and dignity. They worry about…

— Harold Ford, Jr

I either run or try to play basketball every day.

— Harold Ford, Jr

I am a huge supporter for cash for caulkers - which allows people to make improvement for energy efficient in their homes.…

— Harold Ford, Jr

I am a Yankees fan. I should say - have been to more Yankees games than Mets games.

— Harold Ford, Jr

To say that I am pro life is just wrong. I am personally pro-choice and legislatively pro-choice.

— Harold Ford, Jr