“In my lifetime, it's the Supreme Court, not Congress, that integrated our public schools, that allowed people of different races to marry, and established the principle that our government should respect the value of privacy of American families. These decisions are the legacy of justices who chose to expand American freedom.” PeopleShouldDifferentGovernmentSchoolValuesJusticeDecisionRacePrinciplesCourtLifetimeCongressSupremeLegacyPrivacySupreme CourtPublic SchoolIntegratedAmerican FamilyDifferent RacesAmerican Freedom Author:Dick Durbin
“Hard to imagine 40 years ago people could be convicted of a crime, fined, sent to prison for using the most common forms of birth control.” PeopleYearsHardFormCommonImagineCrimeBirthYears AgoPrisonBirth Control Author:Dick Durbin
“I have thought about this issue of abortion time and again. It is not an easy issue for most people. I came to believe over the years that a woman should be able to make this agonizing decision with her doctor and her family and her conscience, and that we should be very careful that we don't make that decision a crime except in the most extreme circumstances.” PeopleShouldYearsBelieveAbleEasyDecisionIssuesCrimeCircumstancesConscienceDoctorsCarefulExtremesAbortionAgonizing Author:Dick Durbin
“We are dealing with the question of the 11 million people paying their taxes, having a path to legalization and, then, ultimately, to citizenship. Tough issues but we are coming together and I think we can do it.” PeopleThinkingTogetherCan DoMillionsPathIssuesTaxesToughImmigrationCitizenshipImmigration ReformComing Together Author:Dick Durbin
“We have 11 million people in this country that need a pathway to citizenship.” PeopleNeedsCountryMillionsImmigrationCitizenshipPathwaysImmigration Reform Author:Dick Durbin
“If we do nothing, as the Republicans suggest, we're going to see health care costs reach a point where small businesses can't afford it and families can't afford it. We're going to see people turned down from pre-existing conditions. We're going to find the Medicare doughnut hole - a gap in coverage that's going to hurt a lot of seniors.” PeopleIfsCareHurtConditionsRepublicanCostHolesHealth CareGapsSeniorSmall BusinessCoverageMedicareTurned DownDoughnutHealth Care Costs Author:Dick Durbin
