Political Quotes

“The president can send a regiment of soldiers to guard abortion clinics, and the women and men who work there can arm themselves to the eyeballs. But violence at clinics is not going to stop until leaders of the anti-abortion movement exert strong moral leadership over their flock. It sounds odd, doesn't it--telling anti-abortionists to show morality. After all, isn't that what the anti-abortion movement is all about? Its adherents hold the bedrock belief that a fetus is an independent human being. When they stop an abortion they believe they are saving life. But you can't be 'pro-life' and condone murder. Two murders took place in Brookline, Mass, last week--the victims were receptionists at places where abortions take place. An anti-abortion activist from New Hampshire, John Salvi, has been accused of the crimes. Another anti-abortion crusader, Paul Hill, was convicted last year of similar murders in Florida. There has been violence at other clinics across the country. Too many leaders of the anti-abortion movement have washed their hands of these murders emanating from their midst.”