Words matter. These are the best Dan Webster Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
Are we going to just change the personalities in the speakership? Or are we going to fundamentally transform the way we do business here in Washington, D.C.?
I found a mistake in a rule. They addressed the wrong rule number… I pointed it out, did an amendment, and everybody was happy after that.
It’s different from Washington in that in the legislature, you have to go home and have a job and actually make a living on your own. That gives you a different perspective.
Principle says it’s not who put forth an idea. It’s not the position of the person who put forth an idea; it’s not the longevity of the person or the party of the person. That’s not what it is at all. In a power system, that’s the way it works. But in a principle system, it’s what it says.
I believe that Obamacare is bad for America.
Parents like options when it comes to their children’s education. And they respond to quality.
Every member in Congress has a seat, and they deserve a seat at the table.
What really promotes business in this country is liberty, not demand for information.
If principles don’t determine what you are going to pass or do, then power will.
John Boehner is a friend.
The key is – I’ll say the key – number one, I pray every day.
My expectations are not in any future event. I would rather just be prepared for whatever might take place.
During its first year of operation, Florida Virtual School had 77 students. The next year, it had 476 students; then 2,489 students the year after that.
We passed a bill in 1997, signed by Democratic Gov. Lawton Chiles, which created a pilot program for a novel experiment called Florida Virtual School. The notion of children using a computer for a classroom and reporting to virtual teachers wasn’t exactly mainstream thinking in those days.
If you need a door kicked in, just call, and we’ll kick it. Now, it may not always be the answer you want, but you will get an answer.
You can think of all the things a Congress or a legislature does, and then you kind of overshadow that with the fact that a few people are going to make those decisions.
There’s a picture there that people realize that, we stop helping Israel, we lose God’s hand, and we’re in big time trouble.
My whole deal is I want to have a principle-based, member-driven caucus.
I was Speaker of the House in Florida, first Republican speaker in 120 years. And I totally dismantled the way this House worked and turned it around to what I believe is right.
Power focuses on self-preservation; principle focuses on making ideas successful.
When you wait to the last minute, you rush to get things done, and the closer you get to the deadline, the less options you have.
I will say this: I’ve had more pro-life bills, I believe, I ruled unconstitutional – but I tried – than the entire total membership of Congress together.
The principle is that every member needs to represent their district.
I would like to give evidence we can lead. And I think the only way we can do that is to unify the diversity of the party.
Power says if you are a committee chairman, your idea is good only because you have got power.
Do I like foreign aid? Sometimes, but not every time. Don’t like giving money to our enemies, but I love giving money to Israel.
The process for producing public policy in Congress is flawed. The process itself kills policy ideas through the bypassing of the rules and procedural decisions that limit discussion.
I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House – I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
I’ve been a speaker. I’ve been a majority leader. I’ve been a minority leader. Those are the sort of things I don’t need any more.
I’ve never hidden my faith, but there are only a couple of issues I would die for. There are a few others I would dig my heels in on, and I’ve told my caucus that what they see is what they get.
If you push down that pyramid of power and spread out the base, every member gets a chance to file their bill and have it heard and file their amendment and have it heard, as opposed to the system that we have now, which closes out, closes down bills, limits debate, and so forth.
I have one desire: That is to have a principle-based, member-driven Congress. Period. That’s what I want.
Every member of Congress deserves a seat at the table to be involved in the process. I will continue fighting for this to become a reality in Washington, and will be running for speaker of the House.
