7 Quotes & Sayings By Joe Lieberman

U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman was born in Brooklyn, New York, on December 8, 1942. After graduating from Harvard College in 1964, Lieberman earned his law degree from Yale Law School in 1967. On January 5, 1989, he became the first Jew ever to be elected to the United States Senate from Connecticut Read more

He was reelected to a second term in 1994 by a wide margin and has been reelected to successive six-year terms since then. He is now serving his tenth term in the Senate, with a second term expiring on January 3, 2013. Although he is currently an Independent who caucuses with the Democratic Party, Lieberman served as Democratic Majority Leader from 2009 until 2009 when he was succeeded by Harry Reid.

Lieberman is also currently Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Vice Chairman of the Veterans' Affairs Committee, and serves as co-chair of the Joint Economic Committee.

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You know, I respect what Howard Dean has been able to do. It's good for our party. But I've got to tell you this: If money alone decided presidential nominations, Phil Gramm would have been nominated in '96. Joe Lieberman
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Some in my party threaten to send a message that they don't know a just war when they see it, and more broadly that they're not prepared to use our military strength to protect our security and the cause of freedom. Joe Lieberman
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This is an exciting time. I believe we stand at the edge of a new age - a Golden Age - of freedom that will rival any of the great eras of world history because it will be the entire world itself that is changing. Joe Lieberman
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The way we're really going to grow the economy is to invest in people, to invest in innovation, to have the federal government put money in the kind of research that will create the new high-technology, biotechnology industries that will create the millions of new jobs. Joe Lieberman
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I share the anger, but, ultimately, to govern this country, it takes more than anger. It takes experience. It takes positions that reflect the best values of the American people. Joe Lieberman
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I also urge the Obama administration - both on its own and in cooperation with other responsible governments around the world - to use all legal means necessary to shut down WikiLeaks before it can do more damage by releasing additional cables. WikiLeaks' activities represent a shared threat to collective international security. Joe Lieberman