Political Quotes

“Mr. President, here we are, stuck again, and I want to speak just a little bit about getting this country moving again and getting Americans earning again. This great country of ours has endured a lot. We have endured despite the Civil War, the Great Depression, the two World Wars we have been in, the assassination of leaders, and the slaughter of innocents by terrorists. This great Nation of ours has confronted racism and civil unrest and political scandal at all levels, and always we have endured. In the throes of the Great Depression, the words of President Roosevelt reassured most Americans when he said: This great Nation will endure as it has endured. It will revive and it will prosper. Today, we are once again walking a rugged path, and the most recent example of the failure of the supercommittee has been the latest crash caused by super-rigid ideology and hyperpolitical partisanship. Truth be told, we are in a most difficult time in our Nation's economic life--still facing a decision of how to pay for an enormous debt. We owe this money mostly due to the misconduct of the money changers, the misuse of the Tax Code that favors special interests, and years of excessive spending. Yet there are Members of this Congress who propose we should first not address those underlying causes, and that those most responsible should not even have to pay their fair share toward reducing the debt.…”