Top 77 Amy Klobuchar Quotes

I love representing Minnesota in the Senate.

We’ve got to get things done. We’ve got an economy that is stabilized, but not moving ahead.

Normal people should be able to run for office.

I believe having judges with real world, frontline experience as a prosecutor is a good thing.

You need people that are willing to talk to the other side, or you’re never going to get anything done. You need to be willing to expand your ground. There’s always usually a place on issues where you can find common ground.

The right to free speech is critical to our democracy.

You have a Republican House, close numbers in the Senate, a Democratic president. If we’re going to move forward at all as a country, we’re going to have to do it by standing together.

I never was a great sports player. In fact, in fourth grade, I had the second to the worst softball throw.

The president has to govern.

We can’t just say the right thing on lowering the cost of prescription drugs: we have to do the right thing, too.

My best friends are women in the Senate, but much like Senator Obama, I ran on a platform of change.

When I was a kid, school recess and physical education class were times for kids to run around and play games.

I guess my claim to fame is I’ve now gaveled Ted Kennedy to order twice.

So many times, these kids know more about the technology than their parents. And so many times, we’re putting kids in very adult situations and expecting them to behave like they’re 40 years old. Well, that’s just not going to happen.

I come from a state with many sound, responsible banks.

One thing is certain: we will not be successful in this fight against ISIS and other extremist groups unless countries in the region are a major part of the coalition.

I have a dream that, one day, maybe we’ll have more women in the Senate than there are victims of Harvey Weinstein’s harassment.

Foreign agents are taking advantage of loopholes in our laws.

In any job, you can come under attack or have a door slammed in your face. You do want to listen to critics; you don’t want to be in a cocoon and never change. Get a second opinion from coworkers and friends. Know that criticism can be valid, but don’t take it personally.

We’ve got great potential in our country and the only way we’re going to make sure kids are getting the degrees that they need, make sure we’re getting through that red tape, is by working together.

I remember when I was prosecutor we had truancy and curfew issues and we made a refrigerator magnet, and that was hot with parents. They loved putting it up on the wall and saying, you know, if you don’t follow these rules, you could get prosecuted.

As a U.S. Senator, I’ve tried my best to practice politics the way I think it’s supposed to be practiced – always looking for common ground and truly enjoying the people I meet along the way.

I was one of the first women partners at my law firm, the first woman in my Minnesota prosecutor job, and the first woman elected from my state to the Senate. So advice from women who had done similar things was important for me.

Every so often you might have an outburst in the gallery. That’s one of the most exciting things that happen because then you can say, ‘Unless there’s order we will call the Sergeant at Arms.’ And that sounds really scary.

Families fighting childhood cancer should not have to worry about where they’re going to get the next dose of the drug they need to save their child’s life.

It is wrong when we, in effect, throw safe and sound financial institutions into the same category with banks and lenders that climbed too far out on a limb with no way to return.

Trudeau, like President Barack Obama, is a champion of change.

We have to do a better job of putting some rules on the insurance companies.

It is illegal for foreign entities to buy political ads in the United States. But that didn’t stop the purchase of thousands of political ads on Facebook, paid for – in rubles – by foreigners.

To me, a public servant should have both the grounding and the compassion to carry the common sense and good will of his or her neighbors into the political arena.

As a nation, America is at its best when we are thinking and making things and exporting to the world.

Who would know but ten years ago that kids would be texting each other all the time, that that would be one of their main forms of communication.

I actually spoke at the christening of the USS Minnesota – it was a really, very cool submarine in Norfolk.

When I ran for the Senate, I ran to bring change to Washington, not simply to become a woman senator.

It’s understood in Minnesota that we’re going to start losing businesses if we can’t find more workers.

For me, one of my earliest memories of politics where I thought that I could do anything was when Walter Mondale of Minnesota picked Geraldine Ferraro as his running mate. I literally remember what she wore – the red dress, the white pearls. And I saw that, and I thought, ‘Anything is possible.’

There really is a sense of internationalism in the heartland.

As a prosecutor and a senator, one of my main criminal justice priorities has been enforcing and reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act, a bill with deep roots in Minnesota, seeds planted by former Senator Paul Wellstone and his wife Sheila.

The floor of the U.S. Senate isn’t a place that usually sees a lot of drama.

It doesn’t take a bruise or a broken bone for a child to be a victim of domestic violence. Kids who witness domestic violence are victims, too.

In my early campaigns, people would sometimes come up to me at a grocery store or at a shopping mall and say, ‘I know you from somewhere.’

The 2008 presidential election was a triumph of hope and unity over fear and divisiveness. Barack Obama’s election reshapes America’s political landscape and wipes away the false geography of ‘red states’ and ‘blue states.’

I am deeply troubled by Mylan’s misclassification of the EpiPen as a generic drug.

People don’t become obese overnight. Allowing our children to have treats in moderation – as in trick-or-treating – is one thing, but good nutrition involves discipline that must be learned and practiced on a daily basis.

Ultimately, the success of America’s market economy depends on trust. This includes trust between buyers and sellers, between lenders and borrowers, and between investors and the companies in which they invest.

In Minnesota, we tend to be a little more open to immigration.

I love the State Fair. It’s an event that really brings the urban and the rural Minnesotans together. Rural people get a chance to mix with the urban folk and see what the cities have to offer, and urban people get to remember where their food comes from and who produces it for them.

I saw firsthand the toll that fraud can take on the victims and their families.

Canada has the world’s largest Ukrainian population outside of Ukraine and Russia. As a senator from Minnesota, a state with a large Ukrainian-American community, I understand how important it is that Canada works with us to stand up to Russian aggression in Ukraine.

Where there’s a lack of competition – as we saw with Mylan Pharmaceutical’s virtual monopoly on EpiPen – price increases often follow.

There must always be a balance between protecting privacy and security. In our country, one of the ways we have struck that balance is by requiring a court order before law enforcement can access certain communications of and data on suspects.

It’s an uphill battle to help our kids learn to make good food decisions – particularly when they are too often presented with an a la carte lunch room choice of french fries or yogurt.

My husband is the first man to consistently be involved in the Senate Spouses group.

It is time for us to make a real commitment to our rural communities by expanding broadband, by supporting our farmers, by building affordable housing and taking on rural poverty. That’s how we leave no one behind.

I am a mother, so I’m used to balancing things.

A bridge shouldn’t just fall down in the middle of America. Not a bridge that’s a few blocks from my house. Not an eight-lane highway. Not a bridge that I drive over with my family every day, along with tens of thousands of Minnesotans. But that’s what happened.

I think there’s a lot of Democrats that would favor reducing the corporate tax rate as long as we find a way to close loopholes so we have a way to pay for it.

I think you’re going to see a number of Democrats that do want to see us grapple with spending.

Well, I think the way to go is civil unions. But I do think when you talk about the Republican Party and the debates that are going on within the Republican Party on a number of issues, what I’m hoping is that they will get to a point where they will work with us on moving forward with this economy.

I believe we can incentivize more affordable health care in general by better regulating insurance and creating meaningful competition for health care services.

I know we can find a bipartisan response to pressing challenges – like repairing, modernizing and adding to the infrastructure on which we all rely. I know it because I’ve seen it happen in my own state of Minnesota.