Political Quotes

“I do not want to see Bosnian men, women, and children die at the hands of naked aggression because they don't have the weapons to defend themselves. This debate today and the decision each of us makes when we vote on this issue are critical to the way we defend American leadership in the world community. I hope we have not come to a point where we are unwilling to assert the simple, strong, moral leadership necessary to arm the victims of aggression to fight for themselves. That, in my opinion, is the least we should do. Exhibit 1 [From the Washington Post, May 4, 1994] Stop the Serbs--Now--for Good (By Margaret Thatcher) We have been here so many times before in the Bosnian saga: acts of barbarism by the Serbs, the mobilization of a shocked international conscience, threats of air strikes (or actual air strikes, of the most limited kind), a tactical Serbian withdrawal, more talks aimed at persuading the warring parties to accept a carving up of territory that rewards aggression. Then the Serbs move on to yet another Bosnian community, applying the same mixture of violence and intimidation to secure their aim of an ethnically pure Greater Serbia.”