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# Russ Feingold

(1953)   Politician   United States

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Russ Feingold is a politician from the United States, best known for *Constitution in Jeopardy*.

## Quick Facts About Russ Feingold

Born March 2, 1953

Nationality United States

Profession Politician

Notable works Constitution in Jeopardy

## About Russ Feingold

Russell Dana Feingold is an American lawyer and politician who served from 1993 to 2011 as a United States senator from Wisconsin. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Wisconsin's 27th Senate district from 1983 to 1993 and was the U.S. Special Envoy for the African Great Lakes and the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 2013 to 2015.

## Awards & Honors

Profile in Courage Award Rhodes Scholarship James Madison Award Four Freedoms Award – Freedom Medal

##  Quotes by Russ Feingold · Page 2

> [The conservative version of American exceptionalism has become a password of sorts for candidates who want to prove their credentials to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russ-feingold/the-conservative-version-of-american-exceptionalism-has-become-a/)

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[America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/)

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> [It's just really tragic after all the horrors of the last 1,000 years we can't leave behind something as primitive as government-sponsored execution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russ-feingold/it-s-just-really-tragic-after-all-the-horrors-of-the-last-1-000-years/)

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[Against death penalty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/against-death-penalty/)

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> [I will also continue to strongly oppose any reauthorization of the Patriot Act that does not protect the rights and freedoms of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russ-feingold/i-will-also-continue-to-strongly-oppose-any-reauthorization-of-the/)

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> [Unfair trade agreements, passed by both Republicans and Democrats, have sent millions of jobs to other countries. We need to stop this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russ-feingold/unfair-trade-agreements-passed-by-both-republicans-and-democrats-have/)

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> [Why should we believe people who constantly try to push these trade agreements and won't even admit when one has gone wrong?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russ-feingold/why-should-we-believe-people-who-constantly-try-to-push-these-trade/)

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[Agreement](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/agreement/)

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> [The president and others say that if we leave, it will just be chaos in Iraq. Well, right now when you come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russ-feingold/the-president-and-others-say-that-if-we-leave-it-will-just-be-chaos/)

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> [Most of my town hall meetings had always been love fests, and some of my guys used to complain: 'I'd like for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russ-feingold/most-of-my-town-hall-meetings-had-always-been-love-fests-and-some-of/)

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> [I believe that Bruce Springsteen is terrific, but I don't think he's God. That's the only real disagreement between me and my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russ-feingold/i-believe-that-bruce-springsteen-is-terrific-but-i-don-t-think-he-s/)

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> [The administration has a disturbing pattern of behavior when it comes to budgeting not only for the ongoing operations in Iraq and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russ-feingold/the-administration-has-a-disturbing-pattern-of-behavior-when-it-comes/)

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[Administration](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/administration/)

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> [We should not use special budget procedures to jam through legislation to drill in the Arctic Refuge. This topic is too important…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russ-feingold/we-should-not-use-special-budget-procedures-to-jam-through/)

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> [I have long believed that Israel should seek to give up the so-called Occupied Territories in return for security, and that a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russ-feingold/i-have-long-believed-that-israel-should-seek-to-give-up-the-so-called/)

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> [This has not been a legislative process worthy of the Senate. Members of the Judiciary Committee, as I just said, were implored…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russ-feingold/this-has-not-been-a-legislative-process-worthy-of-the-senate-members/)

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> [There's a tendency on the part of Americans, all of us, to say, 'Hey, the Cold War is over, the Soviet Union…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russ-feingold/there-s-a-tendency-on-the-part-of-americans-all-of-us-to-say-hey-the/)

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[Americans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/americans/)

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> [The Wisconsin senator gets up and says out loud what half of the country is thinking and talks about every day. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russ-feingold/the-wisconsin-senator-gets-up-and-says-out-loud-what-half-of-the/)

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> [The most significant impact is what it does in terms of the integrity of the legislative process and the executive process, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russ-feingold/the-most-significant-impact-is-what-it-does-in-terms-of-the-integrity/)

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> [Jews know the Palestinians. And they know they're not really different. And they know they are from the same background. And they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russ-feingold/jews-know-the-palestinians-and-they-know-they-re-not-really-different/)

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> [Children are not being assaulted by images that appear on a computer screen. Any Internet user knows it is quite difficult to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russ-feingold/children-are-not-being-assaulted-by-images-that-appear-on-a-computer/)

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> [The idea of allowing corporations to have unlimited influence on our democracy is very dangerous, obviously.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russ-feingold/the-idea-of-allowing-corporations-to-have-unlimited-influence-on-our/)

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> [The notion of American exceptionalism is effective in part because there is little on the face of it that is offensive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russ-feingold/the-notion-of-american-exceptionalism-is-effective-in-part-because/)

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> [What is the harm of doing the right thing? What is the harm of doing our job as legislators and making sure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russ-feingold/what-is-the-harm-of-doing-the-right-thing-what-is-the-harm-of-doing/)

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[Bankruptcy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bankruptcy/)

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> [Health care for all Americans is the most pressing domestic issue today. It's far past time for the President and Congress to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russ-feingold/health-care-for-all-americans-is-the-most-pressing-domestic-issue/)

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> [Well, my view is that the insurance companies have done awfully well and spent a lot of money on a lot of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russ-feingold/well-my-view-is-that-the-insurance-companies-have-done-awfully-well/)

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> [When you buy toothpaste or detergent or gas, that is now used for the first time in your lifetime or my lifetime…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russ-feingold/when-you-buy-toothpaste-or-detergent-or-gas-that-is-now-used-for-the/)

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> [I'm young, and I'm fortunate to be in good health, although I do get tired. Sometimes my wife refers to me as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russ-feingold/i-m-young-and-i-m-fortunate-to-be-in-good-health-although-i-do-get/)

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> [The President's pre-1776 mentality is hurting America and fracturing the foundation on which our country has stood for 230 years. The President…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russ-feingold/the-president-s-pre-1776-mentality-is-hurting-america-and-fracturing/)

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[America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/)

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> [I've done what I've always wanted to do. But as one Senator said, just because you're doing what you've always wanted to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russ-feingold/i-ve-done-what-i-ve-always-wanted-to-do-but-as-one-senator-said-just/)

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> [I want to see a more progressive Democratic ticket. I'm not happy with the Democratic Leadership Council's dominance of the party. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russ-feingold/i-want-to-see-a-more-progressive-democratic-ticket-i-m-not-happy-with/)

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> [The economy has definitely been improving, and things like the stock market are doing better, but the economy has to be good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russ-feingold/the-economy-has-definitely-been-improving-and-things-like-the-stock/)

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> [I rise to oppose the Central American Free Trade Agreement, known as CAFTA, the latest expression of the disastrous trade policies of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russ-feingold/i-rise-to-oppose-the-central-american-free-trade-agreement-known-as/)

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> [I'm one of the only members of the U.S. Senate who isn't a millionaire. And there's absolutely nothing wrong with being a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russ-feingold/i-m-one-of-the-only-members-of-the-u-s-senate-who-isn-t-a-millionaire/)

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> [It's time to refocus our global fight against terrorism. We must move away from the Iraq-centric policies that are draining our resources…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russ-feingold/it-s-time-to-refocus-our-global-fight-against-terrorism-we-must-move/)

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> [He's got to do better than the shoddy piecing together of flimsy evidence that contradicts the briefings we have received by various…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russ-feingold/he-s-got-to-do-better-than-the-shoddy-piecing-together-of-flimsy/)

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> [Its the reality of a situation like this that when you have a large troop presence that it has the tendency to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russ-feingold/its-the-reality-of-a-situation-like-this-that-when-you-have-a-large/)

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> [When the President picks someone who is his ideological soul mate, that's his right, in my reading of "advise and consent." I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russ-feingold/when-the-president-picks-someone-who-is-his-ideological-soul-mate/)

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