Dennis Hastert Good Quotations

We were broadly criticized by some, especially in the Senate, ... We did not back up. We did not wave the white flag. We did not retreat. ... I think this is a good bill.

The American people want us to go to work. They want us to produce good policy, ... The ability for us to save Social Security and Medicare in the future, the ability to give American workers and working families more of their money so that they can keep it in their pocket instead of giving it to the tax collectors.

Tom has done an outstanding job as a chairman of our Government Reform Committee, ... He is a deliberate thinker with a knack for details. So I'm anxious to see the good work that he will do.

We have momentum on our side ... I think we'll have a good result.

This involved some long, hard work, but we got a good bipartisan effort to make this bill work,

You start out with pick a few good simple things to get done, build trust, build that bipartisan feeling if you can,

In the long run, we must focus on what is the better good for mankind.

To have good energy policy we have to have good investments,

It's a good blueprint for America's future, ... We're also pleased this Congress can get its work done.