Political Quotes

“I rise not to engage in a dispassionate intellectual debate about weapons of death but rather to unashamedly make an emotional plea to my colleagues to vote to save human lives. I rise as a mother, a grandmother, a woman, a Member of the highest public policymaking body of this Nation. Please vote to stop the gun violence, the violence, the murders, the killing of human beings on the streets of the most advanced Nation in the world. There is no place in a civilized society for AK-47's, Uzis, street sweepers, and TEC-10's. They are not needed for hunting purposes, their only purpose is to kill human beings. The killing of children in America is breaking my heart and the hearts of our citizens. The drive-by shootings in my own district and in many of your districts are draining my optimism and hope for our Nation. We cannot, as a Nation, survive, we cannot survive in a society that does not protect its children and its families. Please vote to ban these dangerous and unnecessary weapons.”