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Top 25 Dick Durbin Quotes (2025 Update)

Dick Durbin Quote: “Illinois Senator Paul Simon, once said “The test for a Supreme Court nominee is not where he stands on any one specific issue. The test is this: Will you use your power on the court to restrict freedom or expand it”?”

1. “Illinois Senator Paul Simon, once said “The test for a Supreme Court nominee is not where he stands on any one specific issue. The test is this: Will you use your power on the court to restrict freedom or expand it”?”

— Dick Durbin

Dick Durbin Quote: “Giving a veteran a flag is not a substitute for giving our vets the quality health care they were promised.”

2. “Giving a veteran a flag is not a substitute for giving our vets the quality health care they were promised.”

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Dick Durbin Quote: “There is also the issue of personal privacy when it comes the executive power. Throughout our nation’s history, whether it was habeas corpus during the Civil War, Alien and Sedition Acts in World War I, or Japanese internment camps in World War II, presidents have gone too far.”

3. “There is also the issue of personal privacy when it comes the executive power. Throughout our nation’s history, whether it was habeas corpus during the Civil War, Alien and Sedition Acts in World War I, or Japanese internment camps in World War II, presidents have gone too far.”

— Dick Durbin

Dick Durbin Quote: “The Supreme Court is the last refuge in America for our rights and liberties.”

4. “The Supreme Court is the last refuge in America for our rights and liberties.”

— Dick Durbin

Dick Durbin Quote: “You know, the purpose of reconciliation is to avoid the filibuster. The filibuster is an effort to talk something to death.”

5. “You know, the purpose of reconciliation is to avoid the filibuster. The filibuster is an effort to talk something to death.”

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Dick Durbin Quote: “There is no room for legal hair-splitting when it comes to the humane treatment of detainees – not in a nation founded on the rule of law and respect for human rights.”

6. “There is no room for legal hair-splitting when it comes to the humane treatment of detainees – not in a nation founded on the rule of law and respect for human rights.”

— Dick Durbin

Dick Durbin Quote: “Let me tell you the first president to recognize the state of Israel was Harry Truman, a Democrat and every president since, Democrat and Republican, has stood closely with Israel.”

7. “Let me tell you the first president to recognize the state of Israel was Harry Truman, a Democrat and every president since, Democrat and Republican, has stood closely with Israel.”

— Dick Durbin

Dick Durbin Quote: “If you’re not comfortable with delay, frustration and impatience, get out of the Senate. It’s the nature of the institution, but I think we’ve taken it to an art form.”

8. “If you’re not comfortable with delay, frustration and impatience, get out of the Senate. It’s the nature of the institution, but I think we’ve taken it to an art form.”

— Dick Durbin

Dick Durbin Quote: “Millions of Americans take vitamins safely every day, including me. Vitamins and mineral supplements taken in recommended doses are safe. It’s the designer supplements that are worrisome.”

9. “Millions of Americans take vitamins safely every day, including me. Vitamins and mineral supplements taken in recommended doses are safe. It’s the designer supplements that are worrisome.”

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Dick Durbin Quote: “God is not a franchise of the Republican Party.”

10. “God is not a franchise of the Republican Party.”

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Dick Durbin Quote: “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.”

11. “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.”

— Dick Durbin

Dick Durbin Quote: “It simply isn’t fair for senators to cut to the front of the line when seniors around the country have been forced to wait for hours to get a flu shot.”

12. “It simply isn’t fair for senators to cut to the front of the line when seniors around the country have been forced to wait for hours to get a flu shot.”

— Dick Durbin

Dick Durbin Quote: “We want to make certain that every American who stood in silent tribute to Rosa Parks hopes that the Sepreme Court Judge will break silence and speak out clearly for the civil rights that define our unity as a nation.”

13. “We want to make certain that every American who stood in silent tribute to Rosa Parks hopes that the Sepreme Court Judge will break silence and speak out clearly for the civil rights that define our unity as a nation.”

— Dick Durbin

Dick Durbin Quote: “It is unacceptable that disabled veterans in Illinois rank at the bottom of the list when it comes to disability pay. We owe our disabled veterans more than speeches, parades and monuments.”

14. “It is unacceptable that disabled veterans in Illinois rank at the bottom of the list when it comes to disability pay. We owe our disabled veterans more than speeches, parades and monuments.”

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Dick Durbin Quote: “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.”

15. “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.”

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Dick Durbin Quote: “And the banks – hard to believe in a time when we’re facing a banking crisis that many of the banks created – are still the most powerful lobby on Capitol Hill. And they frankly own the place.”

16. “And the banks – hard to believe in a time when we’re facing a banking crisis that many of the banks created – are still the most powerful lobby on Capitol Hill. And they frankly own the place.”

— Dick Durbin

Dick Durbin Quote: “Our party is a diverse one, as is my home state of Illinois.”

17. “Our party is a diverse one, as is my home state of Illinois.”

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Dick Durbin Quote: “We all join the President in applauding the sacrifices made by our brave men and women in uniform. But we must continue to provide them the tools they need to accomplish the difficult tasks they face.”

18. “We all join the President in applauding the sacrifices made by our brave men and women in uniform. But we must continue to provide them the tools they need to accomplish the difficult tasks they face.”

— Dick Durbin

Dick Durbin Quote: “We will have health care reform in America.”

19. “We will have health care reform in America.”

— Dick Durbin

Dick Durbin Quote: “I hope that Republicans in the House and Mr. Cantor will embrace that as part of immigration reform.”

20. “I hope that Republicans in the House and Mr. Cantor will embrace that as part of immigration reform.”

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Dick Durbin Quote: “These are men and women who are willing to risk their lives in defense of their country. And the fact that their orientation – sexual orientation’s been held against them is a blot on our nation’s reputation.”

21. “These are men and women who are willing to risk their lives in defense of their country. And the fact that their orientation – sexual orientation’s been held against them is a blot on our nation’s reputation.”

— Dick Durbin

Dick Durbin Quote: “Those of us who believe in God and those of us who have dedicated our lives to helping others in the name of God don’t want to take a second seat to anyone who is suggesting that one word out of the platform means that the Democrats across America are godless.”

22. “Those of us who believe in God and those of us who have dedicated our lives to helping others in the name of God don’t want to take a second seat to anyone who is suggesting that one word out of the platform means that the Democrats across America are godless.”

— Dick Durbin

Dick Durbin Quote: “Unfortunately the Republican tax cut will deny important revenues to many states facing their own deficits. This will create greater pressure for higher state and local taxes.”

23. “Unfortunately the Republican tax cut will deny important revenues to many states facing their own deficits. This will create greater pressure for higher state and local taxes.”

— Dick Durbin

Dick Durbin Quote: “Judge Samuel Alito, millions of Americans are concerned about your nomination. They’re worried that you would be a judicial activist who would restrict our rights and freedoms.”

24. “Judge Samuel Alito, millions of Americans are concerned about your nomination. They’re worried that you would be a judicial activist who would restrict our rights and freedoms.”

— Dick Durbin

Dick Durbin Quote: “The last stop to protect rights and liberties is the Supreme Court.”

25. “The last stop to protect rights and liberties is the Supreme Court.”

— Dick Durbin

Dick Durbin Quote: “We have 11 million people in this country that need a pathway to citizenship.”

26. “We have 11 million people in this country that need a pathway to citizenship.”

— Dick Durbin

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