Political Quotes

“on Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. local time in Mururoa, the French Government exploded an underground nuclear weapon in the first of eight proposed tests that President Chirac contends are in France's vital national interests. It was also the 205th nuclear blast that France exploded, but yet they claim they still need more computer data. Tuesday's explosion was detected by seismic monitoring stations as far as away as Australia, but France has yet to get the message. Testing half a world away from home displays an arrogance that is unbecoming of a civilized nation. President Chirac has hinted that France may cut the testing program short. The gentleman from American Samoa [Mr. Faleomavaega], our distinguished colleague, made his contribution by being detained by French test authorities last week. President Chirac, listen to the gentleman from American Samoa [Mr. Faleomavaega] and all peoples of the Pacific. Stop the testing now.”