Mike Espy Quotes

The American government policy on what we supported and subsidised in agriculture was a social experiment on a whole generation of children.

The only thing I'd like to see hi [Jimmy Carter] do when he gets to the White House is appoint a working farmer as secretary of agriculture, that's all.

The agricultural interest of the country is connected with every other, and superior in importance to them all.

Never in my life would I have expected USDA to be opposed to farmers and ranchers.

As the Republican platforms says, the welfare of the farmer is vital to that of the whole country.

Now listen, the one thing about agriculture is we've lost our manufacturing, we've lost a great deal of jobs overseas, lots of our industry. The last thing in the world we need to do is lose the ability to produce our food.

We don't pay truckers not to truck, we don't pay miners not to mine and we shouldn't pay farmers not to farm.

The most serious domestic matter facing the United States today is the decline in agricultural income

There are more agriculture bureaucrats than there are farmers in this country.

The agricultural interest of our country is so essentially connected with every other and so superior in importance to them all that it is scarcely necessary to invite to it your particular attention.

Keeping our agricultural sector strong and secure should be a bipartisan concern.

I'm proud to serve on the Senate Agriculture Committee.

I am committed to helping our farmers in any way that I can.

It's critically important for Europe to have a different way to think about the role of agriculture in society and the economy here.

The Agriculture Committee was one of my top committee choices because it will give me the platform to be an even stronger leader for our hard-working farmers in South Jersey.

I have always said there is only one thing that can bring our nation down - our dependence on foreign countries for food and energy. Agriculture is the backbone of our economy.

In the Illinois State Capitol, in Springfield, farmer-legislators write the agriculture laws.

This is an exciting time for farmers and ranchers of all types and sizes as agriculture is a bright spot in the American economy. In 2011, agricultural exports hit a record high and producers saw their best incomes in nearly 40 years.

I have a long attention span, and I am also a good scientist, and there are a lot of problems that remain in the organic agricultural movement that the government does not invest in solving.

It is obvious that the greatest and most important service that is required of our agriculture under existing conditions is an enlarged production of the staple food crops.

If we win, we'll make history, and I'll serve you on the Agriculture Committee.

Agriculture was the first manufacturing industry in America and represents the best of all of us.

I wanted to have a political career. I thought studying political science would be the best way to achieve it.

We all flourish or decline with the farmer.

Don’t confuse me with all that. Just tell me how to vote to help your farmers.