Quotes by Bill Nelson

• Americans of all ages deserve quality end-of-life medical care.
• There's no excuse for skimping on national defense when the country is at war.
• We do not have the luxury of two big oceans protecting us as we have had in the past, for we now have a new kind of enemy who deals with stealthiness. Our ability to protect ourselves is having the information ahead of time so we can thwart the attack.
• You would have thought that after 9/11 the president would have finished the job in Afghanistan, and kept the focus on capturing Bin Laden and his al-Qaeda deputies, but he and his team gave top priority to their original plan to invade Iraq.
• Voters want to know that elections will be conducted fairly and accurately.
• Too many children are being parked in substandard day care with workers who make little more than a parking attendant.
• The tragic case of Terri Schiavo in Florida highlights the importance of making our health-care wishes known.
• The terrorist uses surprise and stealth, and the only way to defeat that is by having accurate and timely intelligence.
• One of the great privileges of being a part of the Senate, it being the greatest deliberative body in the world, is out of the discussions of ideas, hopefully truth can ultimately be achieved.
• If we don't act now to safeguard our privacy, we could all become victims of identity theft.
• It's time we permanently repeal the tax on possessions that people leave to their children.