Political Quotes

“we are at a very dangerous point in time in our fight for human rights and human dignity as the atrocities in the Sudan continue to spiral out of control and hundreds of thousands of lives are held in the balance. Millions of Sudanese have already been brutalized, raped, murdered, and displaced as the world stands idly by and waits to decide whether they are going to intervene or not on behalf of those victims. Mr. Speaker, we cannot afford to wait any longer. This Nation, our Nation, America must reclaim its role as the world's moral leader and the world's greatest defender of the oppressed. At a time when we are asking others to trust our judgment and join us against tyranny, there is no other call as just as the one we face in Darfur. America cannot and the world cannot continue to turn a blind eye to the atrocities taking place in Sudan. History would judge us harshly for allowing these acts of brutality to fester, and this purge on humankind will forever and ever stain our collective memories. President Bush, in looking back on these same atrocities that took place in Rwanda, once a very long time ago declared, "Not on my watch." Indeed, all decent, responsible peoples now look back in disgrace and horror as we recall how genocide was passively allowed to take place in our modern and civilized world, and we did nothing, absolutely nothing, to stop it.”