Political Quotes

John Boehner

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53rd Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 2011 to 2015

Quotes by year · 1994–2022470 total · peak 2011 (85)
1994: 13 quotes1995: 1 quote1996: 4 quotes1997: 4 quotes1998: 1 quote2000: 1 quote2001: 13 quotes2002: 4 quotes2003: 10 quotes2004: 8 quotes2005: 4 quotes2006: 67 quotes2007: 21 quotes2008: 8 quotes2009: 19 quotes2010: 39 quotes2011: 85 quotes2012: 58 quotes2013: 47 quotes2014: 20 quotes2015: 15 quotes2016: 3 quotes2017: 3 quotes2018: 2 quotes2021: 19 quotes2022: 1 quote
Jul 23, 2012

The president has made clear that he's not going to use this horrific event to push for new gun laws. I agree.

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Jul 4, 2012

The government could decide that we're going to tax you if you don't eat broccoli on Tuesday.

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Jul 1, 2012

The government could decide that we're going to tax you if you don't eat broccoli on Tuesday.

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Jun 28, 2012

The government could decide that we're going to tax you if you don't eat broccoli on Tuesday.

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Jun 26, 2012

And we are going to repeal it and we're going to do everything we can over the course of however long it takes to stop this because it will ruin the best health care system in the world.

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Jun 19, 2012

We will not stand here and watch this floor be abused for pure political grandstanding at the expense of our national security.

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Jun 7, 2012

Well, Mr. President, I used to run a small business. Mr. President, take it from me. The private sector is not doing well.

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May 30, 2012

A Senate, controlled by the president's party, that has not passed a budget in more than three years;

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May 30, 2012

For the solution to what ails our economy is not government--it's the American people.

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May 30, 2012

A president on whose watch the United States lost its gold-plated triple-A rating for the first time in our history;

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May 15, 2012

When the time comes I will again insist. My simple principle of cuts and reforms greater than the debt limit increase.

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May 15, 2012

When the time comes, I will again insist on my simple principle of cuts and reforms greater than the debt limit increase.

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Apr 26, 2012

People want to politicize this because it's an election year. But, my God, do we have to fight about everything? And now, now we're going to have a fight over women's health. Give me a break. You know, this is the -- this is the latest…

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Mar 21, 2012

Now, this is what I'm calling the Obama energy gap. Up here in Canada and in North Dakota we've got all this oil. And the president is down here in Oklahoma taking credit for part of -- of the pipeline that's going to go through the normal…

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Feb 14, 2012

House Speaker John Boehner today defended a payroll tax extension deal that will cost the treasury $100 billion.

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Feb 7, 2012

Life, especially protecting our unborn children and infants, should not be a matter of party or economic commodity.

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Dec 21, 2011

It may not have been politically the smartest thing in the world.

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Dec 21, 2011

Doing the right thing for the right reason is always a right thing to do and while everyone asked for a full year extension of these programs, a lot of people weren't willing to put the effort in as the holidays were approaching to get it…

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Dec 21, 2011

It may not have been politically the smartest thing in the world.

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Dec 21, 2011

Doing the right thing for the right reasons is always the right thing to do.

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Dec 19, 2011

When Speaker Boehner was told that his economic ideas would cause layoffs, he said, and I quote, 'so be it.'

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Dec 19, 2011

We've done our work for the American people. And now it's up to the president, Democrats in the Senate to do their job as well.

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Dec 19, 2011

We have done our work for the American people. Now it's up to the people and Democrats in the Senate to do their job as well.

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