Political Quotes

“I rushed to the floor, because I could not believe my ears when I heard the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Burton] on the floor opposing this very modest appropriation for South Africa. First, I could not believe it, because I cannot believe that the gentleman is fighting the old Communist battle. Communism is gone. There is nothing to fear in South Africa, and it is unbelievable that he would even present that kind of argument on the floor. I do not think it is fair to identify members of the ANC who are now in government and say somehow because they are Communists or they have been a part of a Communist Party that they do not deserve to be funded. I would raise the question to the gentleman about the funding request of Russia and the fact that it just passed, and there was an attempt to delete it, but that did not happen, and I suspect there may be still some who came from the Communist Party in Russia. But we are, indeed, going to fund them. I did not hear the gentleman raise that question when that debate was on the floor. Furthermore, let me say it is in our economic interest. If the gentleman would check with some of his business friends, he will find that all of them are rushing toward South Africa, because they understand the potential for the markets there.”