Political Quotes

“Jesus wept.'' ``Jesus wept.'' Most of us who grew up in Bible-believing households know this is the shortest verse in all of Scripture and, in some ways, the most powerful--one that haunts me. ``Jesus wept'' in John, the 11th chapter, 35th verse, because he had come too late, seemingly, to save the life of Lazarus. He wept because someone he knew and loved had died, and it had caused such harm and loss to his family. Today, we are doing something on the floor of this Senate--my Republican colleagues are doing something on the floor of this Senate-- that I believe would make Jesus weep. In Luke, there is a moment in the 10th chapter where a lawyer--and it is always a lawyer--comes to test Jesus and, in trying to justify himself, presses Jesus with questions. What must I do to gain eternal life? Jesus says: What does the Scripture teach? He says: You should love the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul and all your mind. The second commandment is like unto it. You should love your neighbor as yourself. Jesus says: You have read well. Do this, and you will gain eternal life. But the lawyer, hoping to be justified, says: But--but--but wait. Who is my neighbor? And what follows is the well-known ``Parable of the Good Samaritan,'' where the righteous, the priestly, the respected, the powerful walk on the other side of the road when they encounter someone who has been set upon by robbers: not my problem, not my neighbor.”