Mark Udall Quotes

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• On the mountains mistakes are fatal. In politics, mistakes are wounding emotionally, but you recover. Personally, wilderness helps me get back in touch with natural…
• We really don't have a policy [on climate change]. There's a lot of rhetoric and not a lot of action.
• President Ford was a devoted, decent man of impeccable integrity who put service to his country before his own self interest. He helped heal our…
• Any doctor will admit that any drug can have side effects, and that writing a prescription involves weighing the potential benefits against the risks.
• I haven't inherited the earth from my parents, I am borrowing it from my children.
• Ranchers need clean water for their stock, farmers need it for their crops, every employer needs it to stay in business, and every living thing…
• Stem cells have the potential to be used to treat and better understand some of the world's most deadly and disabling diseases.
• There is no question that we must do more to secure our borders - but how we go about securing them is also important.
• While expanding market access for American industry, financial markets and farmers is critical, I believe it needs to be done responsibly, accounting for the treatment…
• The balance between freedom and security is a delicate one.
• There is no getting around it; Congress is failing the American people.
• The new Congress needs to move quickly to strengthen the Army and Marines - not to send more troops to Iraq - but to rebuild…
• I support allowing gay couples to marry because of - not in spite of - my values. And many of those values are the same…
• Genuine dialogue, not rhetorical bomb-throwing, leads to progress.
• Good-faith re-examination of a position you've held in the past should be seen as a virtue, not a vice.
• It's tough to know the value of water until it's gone.
• As the nation watches, Democrats and Republicans should reflect the interspersed character of America itself. Perhaps, by sitting with each other for one night, we…
• I brag on the Democratic Party. We're libertarian on social issues, it's live and let live. Fiscally, we're conservative and responsible, and were environmentally conscious.
• I think most Americans would agree people should be treated equally and everyone ought to be able to pursue a fulfilling life with the ones…
• I've come to the conclusion that military style weapons really don't have any place in our society. We ought to reinstate the assault weapons ban…

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