Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to send up a signal flare about a grievous concern that has foisted itself upon this Nation from the Obama administration, and that is this: the Obama administration is now going up to communities of faith and poking their chest and saying, either you will change the dictates of your conscience, or we will fine you. We will use the long arm of the Federal Government to manipulate you into our view of the world, not the view of the world that you think is bestowed upon you by God. Mr. Speaker, that is a grievous error. That is a provocation that needs to be answered, and, in a nutshell, we have a foreshadowing of what happens when that isn't answered. It's a foreshadowing that comes in the form of a quote from Pastor Martin Niemoller, an anti-Nazi activist, who said: First they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the Communists, and I didn't speak out because I was not a Communist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak out because I was not a trade unionist. And then they came for me, and there was no one left to speak out for me. Mr. Speaker, it's time for this country to rise and to speak out and to push back on this outrageous provocation from the Obama administration. ____________________”