Political Quotes

“we are not just sort of a collection of disparate States and communities, we are a country, we are one Nation. It has been a great source of our strength. Our country has been through difficult times periodically, obviously through some natural disasters, through some manmade disasters. We are dealing with one as we speak. That is not a natural disaster occurring in the Gulf of Mexico; that is a manmade one. People didn't put in the proper safeguards and all of a sudden we are looking at the worst environmental disaster maybe in our Nation's history. What do we say to the States of Louisiana or Alabama or Florida, depending upon where these currents flow, and all of a sudden we find major industries--tourism, for instance, in the State of Florida. I don't know what percentage of the economy of that State depends upon tourism, but I suspect a pretty heavy number. All of a sudden beaches are closed on the west coast of Florida. Maybe that current brings it around to the east coast. All of a sudden hotels and resort areas are shut down. The economy begins to falter. A manmade disaster, created through the fault of some engineers or whoever else, of an oil company: What do we say if this amendment was adopted? I am sorry, Florida.…”