Political Quotes

“I wish to thank Senator Blunt, the distinguished Senator from Missouri, for his eloquent remarks on veterans and in support of all the things the Presiding Officer and I have tried to do on the Veterans' Affairs Committee and for pointing out the many reasons we in America are so proud of the veterans in service, who allow you and I to be here today. Were it not for our veterans, this Republic would not exist. I was wondering how I would start out this speech. I did an interview with a reporter who wanted to ask me a number of questions about the current administration and what we were doing for veterans. It turned out to be a 35- or 40-minute interview. I said I had to go, and he said: I have one more question for you. This was by phone. So I couldn't look him in the eye, and he couldn't see me. He said: I have one more question for you. When you hear that from a reporter, that means the zinger is coming. He said: Don't you think we could save a lot of money if we didn't fight in any more wars? I thought for a minute. I said: We probably could, but there wouldn't be any reason for you and me to exist if we didn't fight any more wars, because America is the place where everybody wants to be because we are safe and we are free and we are independent, because we fight and defend what we have as a country. I thought I would bring that up in my speech today because that is the reason we celebrate veterans today.…”