Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I would like to thank the Senator from Oregon, and I would like to point out to the American people, to people who are always crying out and saying ``Why can't you work together? Why can't you work with the other side?'' that I think we have a false understanding sometimes of compromise. The Senator from Oregon is from the opposite party. We are in two opposite parties, and we don't agree on every issue. But when it comes to privacy and the Bill of Rights and what we need to do to protect the Fourth Amendment, we are not splitting the difference to try to find a middle ground between us. We both believe in the Fourth Amendment. We both believe in protecting the Fourth Amendment and protecting your right to privacy. So bipartisanship can be about two people believing in the same thing but just being in different parties. It means we may not agree on 100 percent of issues, but on a few, we are exactly together, and we don't split the difference. It isn't always about splitting the difference. You can have true, healthy bipartisanship, Republican, Democrat, Independent coming together on a constitutional principle, coming together on something that is important. I didn't come to the floor today because I want to get some money for one individual project for one person. I came because I want something for everybody. I want freedom for everybody, and I want protection for the individual. I want protection against the government's invasion of your privacy.…”