Political Quotes

“I believe he is a person of good faith who will genuinely try to find a common ground. I sincerely hope he will. I listened to his explanation of his amendment on this issue, and I really think it comes down to a classic debate, which has been on the floor of this Senate many times in its history, when we were discussing whether or not African Americans were to become full citizens of the United States with all of their rights and responsibilities. There were those on the floor who said: It is not a Federal issue; let the States decide; the Federal Government should not get involved in this. There have been issues involving religious persecution--whether it is people of the Senator's faith, or my faith, or many others. There have been those who said this a State-and-local matter to decide, it should not be a Federal issue.”