Political Quotes

“A very interesting point in our progress here in America. There is a real difference in view, and we're in the process now of choosing which path this Nation will go. This is not about a deficit. This is about the very nature of America. It's about our heart and soul. Are we going to be a country that uses all of our resources, whether they are the public resources or the private resources, to fill the needs of our people--their education, their health care, their well-being after they retire--or are we going to go a different path and not use all of our potential? The Republican proposal that's before us--this is not the first-- would change America and really drive us back to the 19th century, a time in which the government did not have a social welfare program such as Social Security and Medicare. Make no doubt about this and have no doubts that the proposal before us is a very significant step towards ending Social Security and Medicare. If that's what the American people want, well, we shall see.”