John Conyers Jr. Quotes

• When it comes to civilian deaths, violent hostilities play no favorites.

  John Conyers Jr.

• We all agree that manufacturers have a right to ensure that fake goods are not marketed in their names and that their own goods are not marketed under fake names.

  John Conyers Jr.

• Violence against judges and threats of violence against Judges is on the rise and it is no laughing matter. When leaders attempt to rationalize this violence, it only makes the problem worse.

  John Conyers Jr.

• Too many of my constituents, like many other hard working Americans across the country, are suffering unnecessarily due to our flawed health care system.

  John Conyers Jr.

• There is no better illustration of that crisis than the fact that the president is openly violating our nation’s laws by authorizing the NSA to engage in warrantless surveillance of U.S. citizens.

  John Conyers Jr.

• The time is now for Congress to address health care in America.

  John Conyers Jr.

• The Republicans have chosen to neglect young Americans who need assistance with the costs of higher education.

  John Conyers Jr.

• The Republicans claim they are for strengthening Pell grants when the truth is that over the last four years, their legislation has done the exact opposite.

  John Conyers Jr.

• The presence of American troops is fueling the insurgency in Iraq, as acknowledged by General Casey and numerous other experts, and is helping terrorist recruiters build their numbers across the globe.

  John Conyers Jr.

• The news today that Bush has vowed to veto any legislation that reviews the security implications of the Dubai Port World’s potential management of our ports is ludicrous and the entire Democratic Party is calling him to task for it.

  John Conyers Jr.

• The Magna Carta is widely known to be one of the foundational documents for our Constitution. I can only imagine that a mention of that in a court decision would be forbidden by our friends on the right.

  John Conyers Jr.

• The American taxpayers should not have to send one more penny on the Administration’s Iraq misadventure. Let’s give our troops the supplies they need to get out of Iraq safely. Let’s bring our troops home.

  John Conyers Jr.

• Some of the ideas that come from the fringe of the far right are just so implausible that it is hard to take those ideas seriously.

  John Conyers Jr.

• Our system of private health insurance that fails to provide coverage to so many of our citizens also contributes to the double-digit health care inflation that is making America less competitive in the global economy.

  John Conyers Jr.

• Once the violence has ceased, the US should immediately call on the World Bank and other international institutions to convene a donors conference to rebuild Lebanon’s shattered infrastructure.

  John Conyers Jr.

• None of us condone terrorism in any way, shape, or form, and I believe Hezbollah is a terrorist organization that was, is, and remains a threat to peace in the Mideast, and must be dismantled and disarmed.

  John Conyers Jr.

• My friends in the Congress, I have known Coretta King since I went south during the civil rights movement as a lawyer. She was a vibrant, consistent, totally dedicated partner with her husband.

  John Conyers Jr.

• Mr. Chairman, the price for continuing this war is too high, not only in budgetary terms, but in American lives, Iraqi civilian casualties blamed on America and in the steady increase in the terrorist ranks that this war is provoking around the globe.

  John Conyers Jr.

• It is distressing to me that we live in an age in which we still must fight to protect our civil rights as Americans, in which a hate crime perpetrated against someone based their sexual orientation can go unpunished, and in which discrimination is being written into our laws.

  John Conyers Jr.

• In this most powerful nation in the world, lack of access to health care should not force local and state governments, companies and workers into bankruptcy, while causing unnecessary illness and hospitalization.

  John Conyers Jr.

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Birth:	16th May, 1929
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Politician

About

John James Conyers Jr. was born in Michigan, USA. He is an American Democratic Party politician. He earned a BA degree from Wayne State University in 1957. He earned an LLB degree from Wayne State Law School in 1958. He served as the U.S. Representative for Michigan's 13th congressional district from 1965 to 2017. He served as Chair of the House Oversight Committee, Chair of the House Judiciary Committee, and Dean of the United States House of Representatives. After serving in the Korean War, he became active in the civil rights movement. He was awarded combat and merit citations. In 2007, he was awarded the Spingarn Medal from the NAACP. He married Monica Ann Esters in 1990. They have two sons.

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