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" I would be open to a proposal that would have some minimum tax level for everyone. "
Tim Kaine
Would
Tax
Some
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" Like a lot of people, I have been a leader in some things, and I've been a follower in some things. I know how to work on a team. And most of life, frankly, to get things done you have to get done, you've got to work as a team. "
Tim Kaine
Life
Know
Leader
" 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. "
Tim Kaine
American
Innovation
Energy
" It seemed to me to be entirely un-kosher, if that's a word, to try to put a debate about war right in front of the midterm to try to affect the midterm outcomes. "
Tim Kaine
Debate
Affect
Me
" My dad was a great business guy, and he always taught us that his business acumen would put his workers' kids through school, and their great artistry... would put my brothers and me through school. "
Tim Kaine
Me
Us
School
" 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? "
Tim Kaine
Strong
Want
Why
" 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. "
Tim Kaine
Myself
Time
Philosophy
" I was a brand new senator in 2013. And the idiocy of Congress was to shut the government down for two weeks in October. And coming out of that, the pressure was put on the budget chair, Paul Ryan's shoulders and Patty Murray. Conservative Wisconsin Republican, progressive Washington Democrat, come up with a budget deal. "
Tim Kaine
Brand
Pressure
October
" I just want to serve people. I know it sounds like a simple cliche. "
Tim Kaine
Simple
Want
Know
" I will always be a partner with the president of the United States. "
Tim Kaine
United
Always
Partner
" A drone isn't any different than a bomb; it's not any different than other weapons that are used, where there is always a capacity for people to be killed who you wished were not. "
Tim Kaine
People
Different
Always
" I have a traditional Catholic personal position, but I am very strongly supportive that women should make these decisions and government shouldn't intrude. I'm a strong supporter of Roe v. Wade and women being able to make these decisions. In government, we have enough things to worry about. "
Tim Kaine
Women
Strong
Decisions
" Authenticity is key. "
Tim Kaine
Key
Authenticity
" 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. "
Tim Kaine
Talent
Me
Key
" What 'listo' means in Spanish is this: it means prepared, it means battle-tested, it means rock solid, up for anything, never backing down. And, friends, Hillary Clinton, she is listo! "
Tim Kaine
Rock
Never
Friends
" During a time of war, we ask our troops to give their best even to the point of sacrificing their own lives. When compared against that, how much of a sacrifice is it for a president to engage in a possibly contentious debate with Congress about whether military action is a good idea? "
Tim Kaine
Action
War
Time
" 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. "
Tim Kaine
School
Men
Motto
" I will say, nothing in my time in the Senate has more surprised me than senators and House members want to weigh in on everything under the sun, but they do not want to weigh in on a clearly defined constitutional duty to declare war. It just stuns me. "
Tim Kaine
House
Me
War
" 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. "
Tim Kaine
Constitution
People
Marriage
" I went to a Jesuit boys high school, Rockhurst High School. "
Tim Kaine
High School
High
School
" I deeply believe - and not just as a matter of politics, but even as a matter of morality - that matters about reproduction and intimacy and relationships and contraception are in the personal realm. They're moral decisions for individuals to make for themselves. And the last thing we need is government intruding into those personal decisions. "
Tim Kaine
Believe
Politics
Government
" Virginians want you to work across the aisle. "
Tim Kaine
Across
You
Aisle
" 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. "
Tim Kaine
You
Happy
Know
" I work on the Armed Services and Foreign Relations committees to keep us safe at home and strong in the world. "
Tim Kaine
World
Work
Us
" 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. "
Tim Kaine
Way
You
Average
" 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? "
Tim Kaine
Risk
Vote
Debate
" You see Democrats who will demonize business. I don't do that. You see Republicans who demonize labor. I don't do that. "
Tim Kaine
You
Business
Democrats
" I say we are climbing out of a ditch and we are climbing up. "
Tim Kaine
Ditch
Out
Say
" 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. "
Tim Kaine
America
Together
Opportunity
" I would say, people use labels all the time, but I'm kind of a traditional Catholic: Personally, I'm opposed to abortion, and personally, I'm opposed to the death penalty. "
Tim Kaine
People
Abortion
Death
" I think I'm ready to lead. I'm ready first to be a supportive vice president so that the presidency of Hillary Clinton is a fantastic one. But if something were to put that in my path, as much as any human being would be ready, I'd be ready. And you gotta approach it with humility. "
Tim Kaine
Humility
Path
Ready