I think there’s plenty of folks out there, whether they agree with me or not, they appreciate the fact that you’re listening to them. And I think that’s how you win. Jon Tester Read Quote
I have probably never voted for a straight ticket in my life, and I am a Democratic U.S. senator. Jon Tester Read Quote
I really think that people’s right to happiness shouldn’t be dictated by some policymaker in Washington, D.C. I’ve come to know a lot of people that – sexual orientation is such where they’re in love with people from the same sex, and I just don’t think it’s our role in the government to say, ‘No you can’t be married.’ Jon Tester Read Quote
I served on a lot of the local boards in my local community, and then I ran for the state legislature in ’98 and ran for the U.S. Senate in 2006. I mean, it was just kind of one thing after another. A series of really bad decisions. Jon Tester Read Quote
I think one thing that Montanans all agree on, whether you’re Republican or Democrat, is they want money spent appropriately. Jon Tester Read Quote
If I was the leader of the House of Representatives, the first thing I would do is I would put in a very clean bill on reapportionment. And I would put a very clean bill in that says that corporations are not people. Jon Tester Read Quote
I play trumpet. And I took all the music courses in college, so I can also play the string instruments, keyboard, the brass and woodwinds – but only well enough to teach them. If you put a violin in front of me, you wouldn’t say, ‘My God, that guy can play.’ It’d probably sound more like Jack Benny. Jon Tester Read Quote
