Quotes from Max Baucus

Increased trade is crucial to a balanced plan for stimulating growth and job creation on both sides of the Atlantic.

You can't operate by hindsight.

Politics abhors a vacuum.

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.

A lot of America is stressed by Mother Nature.

If Congress can strip the federal courts of jurisdiction over school prayer cases, there is no provision in the Constitution immune from congressional tampering.

I believe strongly that the opportunity is here for us in America to finally have a healthcare system that we can really be proud of. But it's got to be one where everybody is involved. Everybody: consumers, employers, providers, health-insurance companies, everybody.

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

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

My door is open.

Sequestration is leverage that should not be given up easily.

I think I'm the luckiest guy in the world.

Tax complexity itself is a kind of tax.

You're entitled to Medicaid regardless of your income. Don't worry about your health care.

Every American has a right to affordable, high-quality health care.

Judge Roberts has assured me personally that he has a healthy respect for precedent and the hard-won rights of Americans.

Health reform is an essential part of restoring America's economy and maintaining our competitiveness.

The Social Security trust fund is in pretty good shape today and we should not embark upon risky, dangerous schemes which will, in fact, undermine Social Security, such as privatization.