Political Quotes

“and my dear colleagues, it is a delight to appear in combat, with a small ``C,'' with my friend from South Carolina, the father of the October Surprise excursion which only cost us $3.5 million, and I will say to the gentleman and produced zilch, and I will say that the gentleman, when he gets his head in a direction, he proceeds that way wherever it leads, and he has done a similar benefit to the community in introducing a new habeas corpus provision 2 days before we got to the floor for our big half-hour debate on crime this year. We talked about education for a month, but we got a half-hour on this side to debate crime, out of the largesse of the Democrats' heart, and I appreciate that. But my friend, the gentleman from South Carolina, who is skilled in many fields, although he does not serve on the Committee on the Judiciary, introduced his own habeas corpus bill, without hearings, without consideration by the attorneys general of the States' attorneys of this country, and it is the ``king of the hill'' provision that will override my amendment when we do get to that. Now, the gentleman from South Carolina [Mr. Derrick], who is, as I say, a very skilled legal mind, talks about his habeas corpus proviso attenuating, shortening the endless hearings that consume habeas corpus appeals.…”