Quotes of Chris Bell - somelinesforyou

“ Texas has a lot of challenges, but if I choose to run I will talk about opening democracy to mainstream Texans and not just to a closed circle of entrenched ideologues. ”

- Chris Bell

“ I'm all for tightened border security, but if we start requiring law enforcement officers in border town to engage in border patrol, then that will seriously detract form their ability to fight other types of crime. ”

- Chris Bell

“ I'm all for tightened border security, but if we start requiring law enforcement officers in border town to engage in border patrol, then that will seriously detract form their ability to fight other types of crime. ”

- Chris Bell

“ I filed the ethics complaint against Tom DeLay not because I'm a Democrat and he's a Republican or even because he drew me out of my congressional seat but because he engaged in corruption to further his plans to disenfranchise voters in Texas. ”

- Chris Bell

“ Fair play should be a minimal expectation, and the ethics truce prevented Congress from meeting even that low standard. ”

- Chris Bell

“ I filed the ethics complaint against Tom DeLay not because I'm a Democrat and he's a Republican or even because he drew me out of my congressional seat but because he engaged in corruption to further his plans to disenfranchise voters in Texas. ”

- Chris Bell

“ The DeLay story struck a nerve with people all across the United States because Tom DeLay put a face to what Walt Whitman called the never-ending audacity of elected persons. Suddenly, they could see corruption up close. ”

- Chris Bell

“ This is why we need ethics reform now. Rick Perry is trying to sell a school finance plan that has no new money for schools, and he's raising corporate money to do it. ”

- Chris Bell

“ Texas has a lot of challenges, but if I choose to run I will talk about opening democracy to mainstream Texans and not just to a closed circle of entrenched ideologues. ”

- Chris Bell

“ I think that people need to have the courage of their convictions and not be trying to fool people into thinking that they've changed overnight. ”

- Chris Bell

“ I think that people need to have the courage of their convictions and not be trying to fool people into thinking that they've changed overnight. ”

- Chris Bell

“ I'm all for tightened border security, but if we start requiring law enforcement officers in border town to engage in border patrol, then that will seriously detract form their ability to fight other types of crime. ”

- Chris Bell

“ Texas has a lot of challenges, but if I choose to run I will talk about opening democracy to mainstream Texans and not just to a closed circle of entrenched ideologues. ”

- Chris Bell

“ At the end of the day, you'll have three Republicans and one Democrat. I'm happy with those numbers. ”

- Chris Bell

“ I filed the ethics complaint against Tom DeLay not because I'm a Democrat and he's a Republican or even because he drew me out of my congressional seat but because he engaged in corruption to further his plans to disenfranchise voters in Texas. ”

- Chris Bell

“ Texas has a lot of challenges, but if I choose to run I will talk about opening democracy to mainstream Texans and not just to a closed circle of entrenched ideologues. ”

- Chris Bell

“ I don't pretend to be perfect; I've made mistakes just like everybody else. When I have, I've owned up to the mistakes and moved forward. ”

- Chris Bell

“ At the end of the day, you'll have three Republicans and one Democrat. I'm happy with those numbers. ”

- Chris Bell

“ I filed the ethics complaint against Tom DeLay not because I'm a Democrat and he's a Republican or even because he drew me out of my congressional seat but because he engaged in corruption to further his plans to disenfranchise voters in Texas. ”

- Chris Bell

“ I filed the ethics complaint against Tom DeLay not because I'm a Democrat and he's a Republican or even because he drew me out of my congressional seat but because he engaged in corruption to further his plans to disenfranchise voters in Texas. ”

- Chris Bell

“ I filed the ethics complaint against Tom DeLay not because I'm a Democrat and he's a Republican or even because he drew me out of my congressional seat but because he engaged in corruption to further his plans to disenfranchise voters in Texas. ”

- Chris Bell

“ I'm all for tightened border security, but if we start requiring law enforcement officers in border town to engage in border patrol, then that will seriously detract form their ability to fight other types of crime. ”

- Chris Bell

“ I filed the ethics complaint against Tom DeLay not because I'm a Democrat and he's a Republican or even because he drew me out of my congressional seat but because he engaged in corruption to further his plans to disenfranchise voters in Texas. ”

- Chris Bell

“ Fair play should be a minimal expectation, and the ethics truce prevented Congress from meeting even that low standard. ”

- Chris Bell

“ I filed the ethics complaint against Tom DeLay not because I'm a Democrat and he's a Republican or even because he drew me out of my congressional seat but because he engaged in corruption to further his plans to disenfranchise voters in Texas. ”

- Chris Bell

“ Fair play should be a minimal expectation, and the ethics truce prevented Congress from meeting even that low standard. ”

- Chris Bell

“ Fair play should be a minimal expectation, and the ethics truce prevented Congress from meeting even that low standard. ”

- Chris Bell

“ I filed the ethics complaint against Tom DeLay not because I'm a Democrat and he's a Republican or even because he drew me out of my congressional seat but because he engaged in corruption to further his plans to disenfranchise voters in Texas. ”

- Chris Bell

“ The American people expect public servants to be able to police themselves. But instead of designing a system to enforce ethical conduct, Tom Delay and his cohorts have implemented a self protection system. Obviously, it wasn't good for democracy. ”

- Chris Bell

“ The American people expect public servants to be able to police themselves. But instead of designing a system to enforce ethical conduct, Tom Delay and his cohorts have implemented a self protection system. Obviously, it wasn't good for democracy. ”

- Chris Bell
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