Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for those thoughts on this commemoration of National Bible Week. To conclude, Mr. Speaker, I have two more quotes from other Presidents of the United States. Ronald Reagan, in his own declaration of National Bible Week when he was in office, said: ``When I took the oath of office, I requested that my mother's Bible be opened to 2nd Chronicles 7:14, which reads, `If my people which are called by my name shall humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from Heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.' This passage expresses my hopes for the future of this Nation and the world.'' Lastly, to make this bipartisan, President Truman said during an address at the Attorney General's Conference on Law Enforcement Problems: ``The fundamental basis of this Nation's law was given to Moses on the Mount. The fundamental basis of our Bill of Rights comes from the teachings which we get from Exodus and St. Matthew, from Isaiah and St. Paul. I don't think we emphasize that enough these days.'' If that was true in the late 1940s, that is certainly true today. He continued: ``If we don't have the proper fundamental moral background, we will finally end up with a totalitarian government which does not believe in rights for anybody except the State.'' I am going to conclude by saying this, Mr. Speaker: It has been an honor and a pleasure to commemorate National Bible Week this evening.…”