--- title: "Best Harry Reid Sayings" description: "Harry Mason Reid Jr. was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Nevada from 1987 to 2017. He led the Senate Democr..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-harry-reid-40730.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Harry Reid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-harry-reid-40730.jpg) # Harry Reid (1939–2021) Politician **88** quotes in **597** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Harry Reid was a politician, best known for *Searchlight*. ## Quick Facts About Harry Reid Born December 2, 1939 Died December 28, 2021 Profession Politician Notable works Searchlight ## About Harry Reid Harry Mason Reid Jr. was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Nevada from 1987 to 2017. He led the Senate Democratic Caucus from 2005 to 2017 and was the Senate majority leader from 2007 to 2015. ## Quotes by Harry Reid · Page 3 > [Some said he couldn't take on the insurance companies that were ripping us off. But President Obama made the tough and right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-reid/some-said-he-couldn-t-take-on-the-insurance-companies-that-were/) [Harry Reid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-reid/) [Because](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/because/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec6/harry-reid-7718_because_some-said-he-couldn-t-take-on-the-insura_2102397.jpg) > [Now that our troops are mired in a dangerous effort to defeat the insurgency and are also trying to help rebuild the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-reid/now-that-our-troops-are-mired-in-a-dangerous-effort-to-defeat-the/) [Harry Reid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-reid/) [Country](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/country/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/463/harry-reid-7718_country_now-that-our-troops-are-mired-in-a-dange_2294272.jpg) > [President Bush is a liar. He betrayed Nevada and he betrayed the country... All Americans should be concerned, not just because he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-reid/president-bush-is-a-liar-he-betrayed-nevada-and-he-betrayed-the/) [Harry Reid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-reid/) [Betrayed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/betrayed/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56a/harry-reid-7718_betrayed_president-bush-is-a-liar-he-betrayed-nev_1395292.jpg) > [It is no surprise that the Republican-controlled Senate intelligence committee has once again caved in to the wishes of the White House…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-reid/it-is-no-surprise-that-the-republican-controlled-senate-intelligence/) [Harry Reid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-reid/) [Committees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/committees/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a5/harry-reid-7718_committees_it-is-no-surprise-that-the-republican-co_1613440.jpg) > [The Supreme Court would benefit from the addition of a justice who has real experience as a practicing lawyer. The current justices…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-reid/the-supreme-court-would-benefit-from-the-addition-of-a-justice-who/) [Harry Reid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-reid/) [Benefits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/benefits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c7/harry-reid-7718_benefits_the-supreme-court-would-benefit-from-the_741717.jpg) > [This nation has been through hard times. But those hard times have hardened our resolve. I'm ready to do the difficult work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-reid/this-nation-has-been-through-hard-times-but-those-hard-times-have/) [Harry Reid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-reid/) [Ahead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ahead/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a57/harry-reid-7718_ahead_this-nation-has-been-through-hard-times_2307899.jpg) > [The American people do not like privatization. They are afraid of the debt the president's willing to do. And they don't like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-reid/the-american-people-do-not-like-privatization-they-are-afraid-of-the/) [Harry Reid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-reid/) [American people](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-people/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/909/harry-reid-7718_american-people_the-american-people-do-not-like-privatiz_2778898.jpg) > [We must stop the Tea Party before the United States Senate falls into the hands of extremists and ideologues who leave no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-reid/we-must-stop-the-tea-party-before-the-united-states-senate-falls-into/) [Harry Reid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-reid/) [Common](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/common/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac4/harry-reid-7718_common_we-must-stop-the-tea-party-before-the-un_474248.jpg) ## Harry Reid by topic [Trump (14)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/trump/harry-reid/) [People (14)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/harry-reid/) [President (13)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/president/harry-reid/) [Senate (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/senate/harry-reid/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-reid/#itemlist", "name": "Harry Reid Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Some said he couldn't take on the insurance companies that were ripping us off. 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