Political Quotes

“Mr. President, while the Senator from Texas is still on the floor, let me say, if I could--he mentioned the word ``trust'' a number of times. It is an important word in Congress. One of my favorite sayings is ``Integrity--if you have it, nothing else matters. Integrity--if you don't have it, nothing else matters.'' The same is true for trust. In order to get things done here--there is a lot we need to get done. Everybody realizes that. My takeaway from the election last November was threefold: No. 1, people want us to work together; No. 2, they want us to get stuff done; and No. 3, they want us to get things done that will actually strengthen the economic recovery. One of the ways to strengthen the economic recovery, frankly, is to make sure that those markets overseas will actually allow us to sell into them, whether it is products or goods or services, that we have access to those markets. The other thing is that my colleague from Texas is as big believer, as am I, in the Golden Rule, and that is to treat people the way we want to be treated. And I think most of the people in this country support what we are doing. Most of the Democrats in our country support what their President has proposed, and the Republicans as well.…”