Political Quotes

“This is proof there is bipartisanship in this operation. We have a Democrat and a Republican opposing a Democrat and Republican on the principle here but not on whether or not this should be included and considered. This is basically a procedural judgment we are making. I have a few points notwithstanding the very well intended effort on the part of Senator Levin who has, for a number of years, been concerned about this issue and is concerned that, as he said, who knows, maybe some day we will end up with one of these member states no longer being a democracy. It is possible. What do we do? Let me suggest what Secretary Powell said before our committee when there was consideration, not by Senator Levin or Senator Warner, but there was discussion about having a condition attached to this treaty--which is not the case now. He said: NATO is not a committee; it's not a council; it is not a group. It is an alliance. When you call something an alliance, I think it means that everybody has to be together for the alliance to take action.”