Max Baucus Quotes

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Max Baucus

Profession : Politician

Birth : December 11, 1941

We've got to stand up for ourselves. That is, draw some lines, make it clear that after awhile, we're not going to get bullied or pushed around, because I think there are some in China who want to push the United States around. They want to bully us.

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We Americans have an obligation to come to China, to learn more about China. Why? Because with each passing day, it's going to be more and more in our future.

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I just like to have one foot in Montana and one foot out.

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I believe very, very strongly that when you serve, you serve the entire state.

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You can't operate by hindsight.

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My blood, my roots, my soul is in the state of Montana.

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I don't want retired schoolteachers or any other good Americans to be duped by fraudulent organizations into giving money, thinking it is going to go to disabled vets, when in fact it's not at all. It's going in to pad the pockets of some scam artists. I want to stop this stuff.

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Politics abhors a vacuum.

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My basic advice to the Chinese with respect to the South China Sea is, 'Hey, guys, cool it.'

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Cyber-enabled theft of trade secrets by state actors in China has emerged as a major threat to our economic and, thus, national security.

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We won't sit idly by when a crime is committed in the real world. So why should we when it happens in cyber space?

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I'm no real expert on China.

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It is my strong belief that the Chinese people are just as proud as we Americans are proud.

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The U.S.-China relationship is one of the most important bilateral relationships in the world.

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I have learned some core lessons along the way. Among the most important, I have become a firm believer that a strong geopolitical relationship can be born out of a strong economic relationship, which often begins with trade.

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A lot of America is stressed by Mother Nature.

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Trade and investment have come to be the foundation, the ballast, of the U.S.-China relationship, providing great stability.

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We strongly believe that individual advocates play an important role in developing a civil society.

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I'm a very proud Democrat, but I also like results.

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It's an honor to be presented with an opportunity to follow in the footsteps of my mentor, Mike Mansfield, who worked to strengthen and improve America's important relationships throughout Asia.

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