Political Quotes

“I rise in opposition to the amendment being offered by our distinguished colleague from North Carolina. Let me say at the very outset that this debate is really not about a specific treaty or agreement at all. As the Senator from North Carolina has very candidly said, he is opposed in concept to the notion of an international criminal court. So there is no configuration of any such court which he could ever accept. There are those of us who believe that the concept of an international criminal court makes sense, but we are very cautious to reserve any judgment on what that court may constitute until we are offered such a proposal. We have not been offered such a proposal. What we have before us today in this particular piece of legislation is the simple expression of a sense of this body that, conceptually, the idea of an international criminal court makes sense. We do not endorse any particular proposal for such a court but merely state our opinion that it ought to be pursued.”