Political Quotes

“I wish to begin by saying some nice words about the Senator from Alaska. When she ran for the Senate the first time, she ran against one of my dearest friends, former Governor Tony Knowles, whom I tried very hard to elect to the Senate. When he lost, I said: You are here. I want to work with you. I want to be your partner on a whole lot of things. This is one we cannot be partners and colleagues on. I want her to know, though, there will be other opportunities, and I look forward to those opportunities. Today I am compelled to oppose what she is attempting to do. As my colleagues are aware, I go back and forth on the train every day and night. Usually before I catch the 7:15 train in Wilmington, I go to the YMCA and work out. Sometimes people talk to me and say: Hi, how are you? Sometimes they try to raise issues. This week a fellow came up to me and said: What is this all about? ``This'' being today's debate on the proposal of the Senator from Alaska. I didn't have time to explore it in detail in order to make my train, but I want to answer his question today. This is about are we going to be guided by decades of science from thousands of respected scientists or not. This is about are we going to seize the opportunity that is inherent in the adversity we face at home and around the world or not.…”