Political Quotes

“I will just make two observances in closing. One is to follow up on the comments of Mr. Faleomavaega, that there is a tremendous need for parenting classes and parenting help, for many of our young parents, especially, who have children but not much opportunity to really know about parenting. That is one of the needs that exists and one of the program areas that we need to pay serious attention to. The other is, people often ask me, are these kind of resolutions of any value? Do they make any sense? I thought of a story that I heard the other day that a man was walking along the beach, and he saw a silver fish, and he picked it up and threw it in the water. Another fellow walking behind him says, I hate to bother you, he said, but can you tell me what you are doing? He said, well, I am throwing the silver fish back into the water. He said, I do not know why you are doing that. There are so many of them you could never throw them all in, and even if you did all of them in this particular area, there are beaches all over the world, and so you are kind of wasting your time. Do you really think it will make a difference? The man never answered. He just reached down, threw another fish into the water. Of course, when the fish fall into the water, they oxidate and continue to live, and he said it made a difference to that one, picked up another one, made a difference to that one.”