Moderate Quotes

[Rep. Jim Maloney (D-Connecticut) fit the profile of a man in the political cross hairs. He is a moderate Democrat facing a tough re-election race in a swing district.] It is an evenly divided district... You've got as many people who want you to go one way as the other, so the only real answer to that is just do the way you think is the right solution. - Jim Maloney

[Perkins also thinks that since Wall Street has been relatively bearish on the stock, the slightest bit of good news could boost the company's shares.] There doesn't seem to be huge expectations for Apple, ... So any moderate surprise to the upside should have a powerful effect on the stock. - Wendell Perkins

[Moderates] are listening, they're learning they want to be engaged, they want to be courted. They are not just going to say I am a Republican only. They aren't monolithic. The economy is a winner for us; when we talk about taxes, job creation, people listen. - Mark Foley

[At a meeting of the Business Roundtable in Washington, D.C., the group's chairman, Pfizer ( PFE ) CEO Hank McKinnell, said its Economic Outlook Survey shows few signs of major damage to the national economy. Sixty-one percent of CEOs surveyed described the effect of the hurricane on their business as moderately negative, while only 4% described it as strongly negative.] Katrina's effect will be catastrophic locally... a significant -- but not catastrophic -- national effect. - Hank McKinnell

[1. On the August 21, 2003 edition of] World News Tonight... Abu Shanab was a senior member of Hamas, a political and social welfare organization with a military wing that has launched terror attacks against Israel. Shanab was not a declared military operative and had a reputation as a political moderate, but Israel said today that all Hamas leaders are responsible for terrorism. - Mike Lee

*to Mugen* Do you want to go through all the trouble of causing an uproar to expose the level of your idiocy? Try to moderate your self-importance. - Jin