Political Quotes

“I have been gratified that all evening we have seen an array of individual Democrats take to the floor, and talk about this tremendous tax break that we saw just before we left to go on vacation, go to our districts over the Memorial Day holiday. It is amazing to me that we have heard about Leave No Child Behind when we have left millions of children, just with this one act, this one tax break for the wealthiest 1 percent, the wealthiest 5 percent, we have left millions of children behind, all at one time. It is amazing also to hear people who do not want to pay taxes. I do not know how in the world we expect to have the kind of country, to have the kind of democracy to provide the kind of services without individuals paying taxes. Oliver Wendell Holmes supposedly said one time that taxation is the price that we pay for a civilized society.”