Tim Kaine

We are a nation founded not on a common religion or a common blood or ethnicity, but on an uncommon set of ideas: that all people are created equal and that we all have certain unalienable rights.

In many ways that is the source of our strength because whatever the court rules on that issue, people may disagree, they may disagree very strongly, but at the end of the day people are going to abide by it.

I am always concerned at what point does the U.S. dollar cease to be the world's reserve currency.

I will work vigorously to advance our strategic priority to press the OECD to move beyond a European focus to extend its influence to important emerging economies.

The Europeans are doing all kinds of things. There may be a little bit of a double standard.

That Constitution is the greatest operating system for democracy that the world has ever known.

We are committed in working in those places where we can be most effective, but we have to make sure that the political environment is safe.

We need to guide it, steer it. We need to lead it. And we cannot rest on our laurels.

We all very much need to replace sequestration. I think that is shared.

I will do everything in my power, if confirmed, to see that [the Dutch] happen.

And is it the case that, in the past, there have been closures that have been reopened once the problem that led to the closure has, you know, reached some point of solution--acceptable solution?

The Armed Services Committee of the Senate, when we passed the defense authorizing bill, unanimously supported an amendment that said sequester is foolish.

There is no substitute for transparent, accountable, and responsive government.

I would urge all of you, if you are confirmed, to take up the fight against human trafficking and support of human rights.

A prosperous, democratic, and stable East Asia is crucial to our own safety and our own prosperity.

The best fighting partners we have are actually the Dutch.

I hope that one of the things that you might do in your capacity is to really spotlight the issues of the protection of religious minorities in Morocco and also the growing inclusion of women in political office in Morocco.

A very grim reminder of the challenges of the job, but it sounds as if it was a job effectively done.

A nation that has been an ally of the United States since the 1770s, that is a predominantly Muslim nation, with a King who is a direct descendant of Mohammed, that has a strong track record of supporting the rights of religious…

My view, my personal view, is that we need to continue to push the free trade agreement in a way that allows us to export more products.

That dialogue is an important one to advance these issues, because they will not be advanced overnight and easily.

There is understandable anxiety in India and across the region about what this transition will bring.

The 123 Agreement was a transformational agreement between the relationship between the United States and India

There is also a desire for that engagement with the United States.

The news accounts--and Senator Rubio mentioned a couple of them--about violence against women in India in the recent months and maybe in the last year or two have been very, very troubling.