Tim Kaine
I believe all people, regardless of sexual orientation, should be guaranteed the full rights to the legal benefits and responsibilities of marriage under the Constitution.Collection: Legal
When I hear Donald Trump say the American military is a disaster, I want to go through the screen and shake the guy. We ought to have a commander in chief who talks about our troops with respect and gratitude.Collection: Respect
I'm not going to give a courtesy gift to a person who's going to win, and I'm not going to give a sympathy gift to a person who's going to lose.Collection: Sympathy
The research clearly demonstrates high-quality early childhood opportunities help children succeed.
We are all neighbors. And we must love neighbors as ourselves.
I'm an introvert on the Myers-Briggs. I've got to have time by myself to recharge. My philosophy is sort of that humans are weak, frail, imperfect, and generally kind of bad, but every day I meet somebody who's good, and that inspires me.
The next president of the United States will be the president that will celebrate 100 years of women having the right to vote. I mean, I think having a woman president lead that celebration would be, you know, one of these instances of history really working out right in a poetic and beautiful way.
I think if you run away from who you are, that you're a Democrat and you're proud to be a Democrat, it's foolish. And the reason it's foolish is you've got a lot to be proud of.
We had a motto in my school: 'Men for Others.' And it was there that my faith became something vital. My north star for orienting my life. And when I left high school, I knew that I wanted to battle for social justice.
There is clearly a Christian New Testament tradition that warns against praying loudly in the front of the temple where everyone can see you.
The best way to deal with the deficit is through economic growth.
Donald Trump is a guy who has called for privatization of the V.A. That is something that is overwhelmingly rejected by America's veterans. They do not want to go down that path. Do they want improvement? Sure they do. But they don't want risky or radical.
As much as the constitutional argument matters to me, what really matters to me is this sort of moral question of can we order somebody to risk their lives about a military mission if we're not willing to debate, vote, and say that the military mission matters?
Whatever your religious tradition is, if it's important to you and you don't feel comfortable talking about it, you end up coming across as insincere.
I just want to serve people. I know it sounds like a simple cliche.
I would be open to a proposal that would have some minimum tax level for everyone.
The American economy has always been the innovator in the world, and we're starting to see some tremendous increases in innovation, especially in the clean energy sector.
I think the reason that drones have become so controversial is because they're used in Pakistan; they're used in Yemen; they've been used in all kinds of places.
My faith teaches that life is sacred. That's why I personally oppose the death penalty. But I take my oath of office seriously, and I'll enforce the death penalty... because it's the law.
Authenticity is key.
I say we are climbing out of a ditch and we are climbing up.
But people ought to be proud to be Democrats right now. You know, we're a happy warrior party. And this Congress has every reason to be very, very proud of the heavy lifting that they have done.
Race to race, the Republicans are putting up candidates that are quite far out of the mainstream in terms of should we have passed the Civil Rights Act or does Social Security need to exist.
You have got to connect your land use decisions with transportation decisions.
I think life is sacred, whether it's abortion or the death penalty.
No couples in Virginia can adopt other than a married couple - that's the right policy.
Gay individuals should be able to adopt.
If faith is your motivation, share that.
I'm not going to be anybody's punching bag.
One of the things we wrestle with nationally is, 'If we want the economy to be strong, what should we do?' Why not learn some lessons from Virginia?
You see Democrats who will demonize business. I don't do that. You see Republicans who demonize labor. I don't do that.
My sense is that economic anxiety means electoral volatility.
When I talk to people outside the beltway, I don't think people are that divided.
People will pay a price for putting political obstruction over progress in a time that is so critical and urgent.
Midterm elections for first-term presidents are notoriously difficult.
My sense is, as governor I've gotten a lot of stuff done.
You're not going to have a 1.000 batting average, but the way you get votes is, you just push and you push. I'm not afraid to do that.
I will always be a partner with the president of the United States.
You don't ask people to sacrifice their lives until the nation has debated and committed to the mission. It's immoral.
The framers understood that the president, as the head of our armed forces, must defend the nation from imminent threat. But when the mission shifts from defense to offense, congressional approval is essential.
When Democrats kind of cavalierly attack the religious right or go after Pat Robertson or Jerry Falwell, our candidates have sent the signal to a lot of religious people, 'Well, I guess they are not interested in me.' And I think this includes a lot of people who would fit very naturally within the Democratic Party.
If you want a senator who'll partner with the president to do what's best for the nation, I'm your guy.
The key is grow your talent, attract talent, and then you'll attract the institutions that want to be around talent - and that, to me, is what we need to do at the national level.
I am a governor who left office with a smaller general fund budget than when we started.
If you ask people, 'What do you think, should we kick kids off their family insurance policy in that 21- to 26-year-old age range?' You go through those... provisions that are already affecting the everyday lives of Americans, and people don't want to get rid of them.
When people are left out, we're naturally going to focus on that, if it's 47 million people who don't have health insurance, if it's 23,000 people who die every year because they lack access to health care for something that's easily treatable.
As governor, I cut $5 billion in spending.
I was the governor that drew a tough, tough straw. I was governor during the worst recession since the 1930s, and I had to cut $5 billion from the state budget.
I am boring.
I want to make sure that Hillary Clinton is the next president of the United States because we need Secretary Clinton's focus on making sure that we build an America where our values of inclusion and opportunity for everyone are the values that bring us together.