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Quotes from Tim Kaine

We are all neighbors. And we must love neighbors as ourselves.
~ Tim Kaine
I don't think that women should be punished as Donald Trump said they should, for making the decision to have an abortion.
~ Tim Kaine
Hillary Clinton has held vast dreams. She was inspired at a young age that society does well when women and children do.
~ Tim Kaine
We should let women make their own decisions.
~ Tim Kaine
I think you should live your moral values, but the last thing, the very last thing, the government should do is have laws that would punish women who make reproductive choices.
~ Tim Kaine
When Donald Trump says women should be punished or Mexicans are rapists and criminals or John McCain's not a hero, he is showing you who he is.
~ Tim Kaine
I have a moral position against the death penalty. But I took an oath of office to uphold it. Following an oath of office is also a moral obligation.
~ Tim Kaine
If women are not accorded equal place in the leadership of the Catholic Church and the other great world religions, they will always be treated as inferiors in earthly matters as well.
~ Tim Kaine
When I see this, you know, 'Crooked Hillary,' or I see the, 'Lock her up,' it's just ridiculous. It is ridiculous. But I just - you know - it is beneath the character of the kind of dialogue we should have. Because we got real serious problems to solve. And look, most of us stopped the name-calling thing about fifth grade.
~ Tim Kaine
I'm not going to give a courtesy gift to a person who's going to win, and I'm not going to give a sympathy gift to a person who's going to lose.
~ Tim Kaine
I think life is sacred, whether it's abortion or the death penalty.
~ Tim Kaine
If faith is your motivation, share that.
~ Tim Kaine
People will pay a price for putting political obstruction over progress in a time that is so critical and urgent.
~ Tim Kaine
I've been a city councilman and mayor. I've been a lieutenant governor and governor and now, in the Senate, serve on the Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committee. So I'm a utility player. I just want to do everything I can to make sure A) we win and that B) the presidency of Hillary Clinton is fantastic.
~ Tim Kaine
Usually the president is kind of the initiator of the idea, then Congress makes it work.
~ Tim Kaine
I was the governor that drew a tough, tough straw. I was governor during the worst recession since the 1930s, and I had to cut $5 billion from the state budget.
~ Tim Kaine
It seemed to me to be entirely un-kosher, if that's a word, to try to put a debate about war right in front of the midterm to try to affect the midterm outcomes.
~ Tim Kaine
McCain is completely against the sequester. It was one thing when we had a Democratic chair who was against it - all the Democrats were against it. But to have a Republican chair who is outspoken and strong against the sequester, who has the credentials in military issues - who is going to challenge him?
~ Tim Kaine
No bill works if it doesn't work in a zip code where somebody lives.
~ Tim Kaine
We need to work on drug costs, and there's things we can work on on drug costs, especially Medicare Part D, to bring drug costs down.
~ Tim Kaine
As much as we may have to battle against a Trump presidency, there's still good relationships within the Senate, bipartisan relationships where we can work together.
~ Tim Kaine
The research clearly demonstrates high-quality early childhood opportunities help children succeed.
~ Tim Kaine
Donald Trump, again and again, has praised Vladimir Putin and it's clear that he has business dealings with Russian oligarchs who are very connected to Putin.
~ Tim Kaine
Virginians want you to work across the aisle.
~ Tim Kaine