Political Quotes

“I come to the floor this evening to discuss an issue of national security, and that is how to prevent a nuclear armed Iran. I was thinking about our troubled history with Iran and whether more sanctions at this time makes sense for our national security interests, and I asked myself these questions: Can, in fact, a country like Iran change? Is it possible for an isolated regime to rejoin the community of nations and change its behavior after several decades? Must a country and its people be held captive because of the behavior of previous leaders in earlier times? So I thought back in history. I was a young girl during World War II. I remember when Imperial Japan killed millions in Southeast Asia, and particularly in China, during its brutal wars of expansion. Today, Japan is a peaceful democracy and one of this Nation's strongest allies in Asia. I remember when Hitler and the German Third Reich committed unspeakable atrocities across Europe, including the murder of 6 million Jewish citizens. Germany is now a close ally, a leader in the European Union, an institution created to ensure a war never again occurs in Europe. I remember General Franco's Spain, which was so diplomatically and economically isolated that it was actually barred from the United Nations until 1955. Spain is now a close partner of the United States and a fully democratic member of the European Union.…”