Political Quotes

“I can't be more proud of the Silicon Valley. I can't be more proud of the high-tech industry that I see blossoming all throughout my State. I can't be more proud of them. The facts the Senator put into the Record make me even more proud, because what he is saying is the vast majority are good actors. The vast majority understand their good practice of fixing the Y2K problem will redound to their benefit as well as to the benefit of consumers. They have a business conscience. They are good corporate actors. They have a social conscience. They understand it. In many ways, when you talk to some of these executives, they are very democratic. And I don't mean in terms of their party affiliation; I mean democratic with a small ``d.'' They want to spread democracy. They want each individual, through the power of the Internet and the power of their computer, to have the information, to have the knowledge. That is what excites them. So they are good people making a wonderful product. They don't want it to fail.”