Harold Ford, Jr. Quotes

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Harold Ford, Jr.

Profession : Politician

Birth : May 11, 1970

I am for gay marriage. Or same-sex marriage. I don't want to say it the wrong way. I think people are sensitive to it. I have been painted as being this right-wing zealot on choice. Nothing could be further from the truth.

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 their future, care about their neighbors and hope this storm will pass so they can focus on better days ahead.

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 the Republicans.

Harold Ford, Jr.

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

Harold Ford, Jr.

I am a Democrat. But I am an independent Democrat.

Harold Ford, Jr.

Killing terrorists is cheaper than capturing them.

Harold Ford, Jr.

As America's head coach, President Obama needs to make some big and smart adjustments to jump-start economic growth and business investment, stimulate job creation, and get wages up for ordinary Americans.

Harold Ford, Jr.

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

Harold Ford, Jr.

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

Harold Ford, Jr.

Lawmakers misrepresent the facts when they call the manufacturing deduction known as Section 199 - passed by Congress in 2004 to spur domestic job growth - a 'subsidy' for oil and gas firms. The truth is that all U.S. manufacturers, from software producers to filmmakers and coffee roasters, are eligible for this deduction.

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 positive way, never diminished after 10 years in Congress.

Harold Ford, Jr.

I often have said to people that there are really two cities in the country where the outlook is always forward-looking - there is never really a backward-looking tendency. My banking work has taken me out to Palo Alto, what is commonly called Silicon Valley. And you sense out there is always a forward-looking outlook. And New York City.

Harold Ford, Jr.

I don't think it's a great leap to go from civil unions to gay marriage - I may be in the minority in believing that.

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 do harm to America, you put yourself in peril. I don't dine, socialize or spend time with people who are on the terrorist lists.

Harold Ford, Jr.

I either run or try to play basketball every day.

Harold Ford, Jr.

I'm in an interracial marriage.

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 the biggest opponent to him running.

Harold Ford, Jr.

My dad was a congressman, and he taught me at a very early age, 'They voted for me, they view me as theirs, and I am.' Our family's phone in Memphis was always listed. It rang all day and all night.

Harold Ford, Jr.

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

Harold Ford, Jr.

Some say I was disappointed when President Obama won, and that is absolute nonsense.

Harold Ford, Jr.