Political Quotes

“my concern, as was pointed out a few minutes ago, Lafayette over there was one who believed in justice and the fact that we would have a free country here or should have. I thought it was very interesting that it was the French, indeed, who sent us the Statue of Liberty, you know, the great symbol of freedom for our country. Yet here is the President of that great country who has decided to do some nuclear testing. You know, we believe in fairness, but we believe in not having nuclear proliferation in our country, and to have that very President of that country to come before us in a joint session sends a message that we endorse what he did. We do not endorse what he did. I think, therefore, that we should certainly follow and support the privileged resolution offered by the gentlewoman from Hawaii [Mrs. Mink]. I think it makes a great deal of sense to do so. It seems to me we ought to disinvite the President; in fact, we urge the Speaker to disinvite, if he can, the President of France, because it is something that we do not want to be associated with.”