Political Quotes

“The point I am making is, we all have our opinion on what constitutes free speech. I support Senator DeMint's right to express his opinion about what he thought of the proposed actions of the Berkeley City Council. He has every right to do that. He has every right to offer his amendment. But I have every right to come down here and say I think not only is it mean-spirited, it is hurtful to the wrong people. And I have every right to come down here and say: Senator DeMint, they never sent that letter to the Marines, happily. They rethought it. If he wants to continue with this amendment, if he wants to offer it to every bill we have, then I will be right down here with these photographs and others that I have. I will be right down here with more testimony from the military who will testify to how incredibly welcoming UC Berkeley is to our men and women in uniform. There will be wars in the future--we all hope there will not be, but there may be--with which we do not agree, but we must never confuse our anger at the people who would send our young people to a war of choice or a wrongheaded war and the young people who are sent there. We must come here every day to support those young men and women. Let's not use this as a way to take cheap political shots because they do not deserve it. Mr. President, I yield the floor.”