(47 quotes found)
“Let's build a monument for the veto. Let's build a monument for impotence and incapacity.”
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
“My hand seemed arrested by a silent veto.”
Winston Churchill
“Wealthy companies set new records in political contributions to buy this veto. Schwarzenegger bends whichever the way the corporate winds blow. Just a few weeks ago, the Restaurant Association, a major opponent of the bill, hosted a fund-raiser for Schwarzenegger in Los Angeles. Coincidence? I don't think so.”
Art Pulaski
“The senior advisers to the president would recommend a veto on this bill, ... My voice would join those of the other senior advisers. I could not recommend more vehemently that the president should veto this bill if it's passed in its current form.”
Andrew Cuomo
“This puts Schwarzenegger on the hot seat. I think it's a slam-dunk that he's going to have to veto the bill and hope that the anger in the gay community doesn't spill over into other groups.”
Bruce Cain
“It would have been impossible for the conservatives to win any of these fights without the president issuing a veto threat and the grassroots conservatives becoming active and talking about the railroad to nowhere.”
Brian Darling
“I'm offering to sign a bill and not veto it.”
Charlie Norwood
“The governor is taking this quite seriously. The School Finance Act faces a likely veto without this amendment.”
Dan Hopkins
“If Gov. Ernie Fletcher does not veto the funding, we plan to pursue a legal option based on our constitution, which says no religious institution should receive state tax dollars.”
Christina Gilgor
“There's got to be some compromises, ... The president has the veto pen.”
Bill Young
