Joe Wilson Quotes

• When a government goes to war, particularly a democracy, it is the most solemn and awesome responsibility of our leaders – to decide to send our kids to go off and kill and die for us.

  Joe Wilson

• The war on Iraq was a disaster, clearly carried out under false pretences.

  Joe Wilson

• The government serves the people – not vice-versa.

  Joe Wilson

• One must always keep one’s government under control.

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• Nuclear weapons kill Americans – they don’t kill Republicans or Democrats – they kill Americans.

  Joe Wilson

• No longer is there a quest for the truth so much as there is this apparent need to present both sides of an issue even if one is nothing but lies and distortions.

  Joe Wilson

• I think it’s time for the people and the press, in particular, to be more vigilant about not giving equal weight to lies as they give the truth.

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• I have long felt that it is readers and viewers of conservative media who could benefit from a more balanced discussion of what is at stake in our policy and the actions of our government.

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• I am not a rabid partisan.

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• Giving the same value to fiction as to fact in the interest of so-called fairness is to mislead the American people and the press has become party to that.

  Joe Wilson

Joe Wilson (10)

Birth:	31st July, 1947
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Lawyer, Politician

About

Addison Graves "Joe" Wilson Sr. was born in Charleston, South Carolina, USA. He is an American Republican politician and lawyer. He earned a BA degree in Political Science from Washington and Lee University in 1969. He earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1972. He is the U.S. Representative for South Carolina's 2nd congressional district, serving since 2001. From 1985 to 2001, he served in the South Carolina State Senate. As a real estate attorney, he co-accounted the law firm Kirkland, Wilson, Moore, Taylor & Thomas in West Columbia, where he practiced for over 25 years. He was also a municipal judge in Springdale, South Carolina. He married to Roxanne Dusenbury McCrory. They have four sons.

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