Political Quotes

“Thank you, Mr. President. At some point during the confirmation hearing--now seemingly years ago but probably only just a month or so ago--I saw young women going through the halls of the Capitol with T-shirts that said ``I am what's at stake.'' I want to thank those young women and all of the countless women and men of all ages who have come to our Nation's Capital to show us what democracy looks like. I know that some of my colleagues have been displeased--in fact, have called it mob rule--but the power and force of democracy within those voices and faces--a lot of them were from Connecticut, and I am proud of your coming here to tell us what you think both for and against this nomination. That is what democracy looks like. When we reject the voices and faces of democracy coming to tell us their truth, we lose something very precious. It is of equal importance to the townhalls and the meetings and parades and all we do at home. I do a lot of it at home, but I was proud of the folks from Connecticut who came here and the folks who came from all over the country from as far away as Alaska and Hawaii to give us the benefit of their insight and perspective. ``I am what's at stake'' is the message those women were conveying to us in real time. We talk here in words. Sometimes we hold up posters. We talk in abstract; that is, the legal parlance of the courts and our legislature.…”