Christopher Shays

“I think the American people are very smart in the aggregate. They may not get it right in every case, but they get it right over the long term.”

“We shouldn't have to be burdened with all the technicalities of the tax code.”

“I'm a moderate. I'm a Republican. I'm a pro-choice Republican.”

“When you have a country that's been repressed for so many years, you have to expect that things are going to be a little messy.”

“The war is not done. It's not done. We are in a very difficult and dangerous place.”

“We have to recognize that we are a nation of immigrants, and we have to do it in a way that is fair and just.”

“I have a right to my anger, and I don't want anybody telling me I shouldn't be, that it's not nice to be, and that something's wrong with me because I get angry.”

“I am a fiscal conservative, but I am a social moderate.”

“I don't think you can separate politics from religion. They're interrelated.”

“It's the first time I've been in a minority, and it's not a lot of fun, but it's a good lesson in humility.”