Matt Salmon Quotes

At the end of the day, I think you're on high moral ground when you respect Montana and you respect the Constitution and you do your duty as a Senator. We need to put Americans' and Montanans' interests in the front seat and politics in the back.

I think the American people aren't looking for loyalty amongst candidates to other candidates. What the American people are looking for is loyalty to the American people.

I have seen in the Halls of Congress more idealism, more humanness, more compassion, more profiles of courage than in any other institution that I have ever known.

As members of Congress, we take an oath to uphold the Constitution and bear true faith and allegiance to the United States, not the Republican or Democratic party. I have been willing to stand up to my own leadership when it's in the national interest.

I am a patriot. I would think there are no politicians who are not patriots. Since I am a politician, I often get criticized as I try to exercise what I believe to be right. However, if you mind such criticism, I think you can't protect people's lives.

I share the anger, but, ultimately, to govern this country, it takes more than anger. It takes experience. It takes positions that reflect the best values of the American people.

We must be loyal to the forum of our government.

I'm a better American than 99% of the guys in the White House.

I am in favor, heartily in favor, of our Constitution and Bill of Rights and I owe my allegiance to my country at all times.

President Reagan always gave the credit to the American people and American ideals. He treated his job as a valuable temporary loan from the American people, a loan that should be respected and returned with dutiful appreciation.

We’re a democracy and we’re defended by volunteers.

We join ourselves to no party that does not carry the flag and keep step to the music of the Union.

Senator, I do not believe you have ever taken an oath to support the Constitution of the United States with fewer reservations than I have or would now. Nor do I believe you are more attached to the theories and practices of Americanism than I am. I rest my answer on that statement.

Duty, gratitude, interest, ambition itself, are the cords by which they [the Federal representatives] will be bound to fidelity and sympathy with the great mass of the people.

We raised our right hands ... and swore to uphold and defend the Constitution. We didn't swear to support and defend the President.

You don't want me. You want the office of the President, and that doesn't belong to me. It belongs to the American people, and it's not for sale.

I took an oath of office to the Constitution, I didn't take an oath of office to my party or my president.

Holding office often requires swearing an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic. Running for office should include accepting responsibility for this, too, so that our democratic republic's underpinnings can remain strong for generations to come.

I have a world of respect for Congressman Dold and the service he's given to our country.

As a patriotic American, I am reluctant to leave my post as director of the National Economic Council because I feel a duty to fulfil my commitment to work on behalf of the American people.

The President is not only the leader of a party, he is the President of the whole people. He must interpret the conscience of America. He must guide his conduct by the idealism of our people.

You have to support the government, not to me personally; I do not want anyone cultivating loyalty to me. I don't like that.

The fact is the American people want men and women to stand up and represent them and to put their interests ahead of the party interests.

I dreamed even after I laid down my rifle I would continue to uphold my oath to defend the Constitution.

I have taken an oath already to the United States of America to protect and defend the Constitution. That is the only oath I will take.