Political Quotes

“recently, the National Rifle Association issued a widely circulated fundraising letter over the signature of Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre and that letter is full of questionable overheated language. I wish to focus on one paragraph in particular. The letter states, and I am quoting exactly: In Clinton's administration, if you have a badge, you have the Government's go-ahead to harass, intimidate, and even murder law-abiding citizens. Now, as if the force of the words ``even murder'' as applied here were not repugnant enough, the letter underlines the words ``even murder.'' This assertion that the U.S. law enforcement personnel have been authorized by President Clinton ``to harass, intimidate, even murder law-abiding citizens'' is without foundation, and it is an offensive outrage that should be condemned by members of the NRA and all other decent Americans. On April 28, I wrote a letter to the president of the NRA, Mr. Tom Washington, asking that the statement be retracted. The statement is inflammatory; it is inappropriate.”