Political Quotes

“Patrick Henry said ``Gentlemen may cry peace, peace. But there is no peace.'' In quick succession, four blasts have extinguished 54 lives and scarred another 210. Hamas has demonstrated again that it is a murderous group of fanatics who are so poisoned with hate--so obsessed with slaughter--that no innocent life is safe. Terrorism experts have stated that Hamas and its allies will attempt to inflict this sort of horror on Americans. We must work together with the Israelis in stopping these madmen. Arafat must also shoulder his share of the blame for this situation. He has failed to prevent the uses of territory under his administration from being used as a staging area for these plots. He has failed to comply with the conditions of the Oslo peace accords that required that he remove those sections of the Palestine National Covenant which call for the destruction of Israel. Until such time as Arafat lives up to those agreements he has signed and eliminates Hamas from areas for which he bears responsibility, the United States should know that there is little good in negotiating with him.”