Political Quotes

“It truly is an honor to have a chance to work with my friend from Michigan, Senator Levin. When we learned of the massacre in Hebron, we talked and shared our grief and our feelings and our concern that this act could in fact derail the peace process, as would all acts of terrorism. We decided it would be a good idea for the Senate to go on record to express its outrage at this particular act of terrorism and to point out that terrorism from every quarter must be condemned and must be stopped. We knew when we saw that wonderful moment in history at the White House, when we saw Yasser Arafat and Rabin shake hands, we knew that the Middle East peace process would be fought with hope, as well as fear, and that it would be a dangerous time. But we also knew that, in the end, people in the world want peace; people in the world want their leaders to sit in those rooms and work it out. Yes, there are minorities on all sides, minorities in the Arab community, the Palestinian community and, unfortunately, as we saw in Israel, who would want to derail this process. I think it is important for us to stand up for this peace process and to go on record today very clearly in support of this peace process, and in a fair and just peace for Israel and the Palestinians and the Arab nations. No one wants it more than they do--a fair and just peace. We urge them to not let these acts, these individual acts of terrorism deter them from their goal.”