Political Quotes

“I think the Senator and I agree that there has hardly been any public knowledge or discussion of Kosovo. One of the reasons I am speaking on this matter is that I feel obliged to lay out the background on this issue: what is going on, what is at stake, why we must act, and the consequences of our action. I agree with what is implicit in the Senator's question: The American public has not been given sufficient facts to allow them to be informed as to whether or not the course of action the President wants to take is, in fact, wise. I was telling my staff as I walked over here that, this weekend, I came out of a 5 o'clock mass, and a friend of mine--a very informed fellow, who is, I think, a supporter--pulled me aside on the steps of the church and said, ``Joe, look, you may be right, and I tend to trust your judgment in foreign policy; but I have tried my best to read everything I could.''”