Political Quotes

“Let me thank Congresswoman Clarke from New York for those very insightful and passionate words. Just a few moments ago, we listened to Republicans talk about the sanctity of life and how they want to protect everyone. They will protect anyone, as long as they don't have to go up against the NRA. What we have here is, we are protecting our children. We always say our children are our future. We should act like it. This weekend, I was speaking at Baker High School's graduation and I realized that while we were celebrating those 139 kids' graduation, there were families from Santa Fe that were preparing home-going celebrations for their children. Dr. King once said that there comes a point where silence is betrayal. We have passed that point in this body, in this Congress, a long time ago. Our silence is betraying our future. It is betraying our children. It is betraying their parents. So, when we take a moment of silence and we ask to pray, let us not pray to end school violence. Let's pray for the courage to actually do something about it. I know all my friends on the right like to claim they are the Christian right. But if they were the Christian right, they would pray for some courage and they would do something. But there is an old gospel song that says: ``Lord, don't move my mountain. Give me the strength to climb. ``Lord, don't move my stumbling blocks, but lead me all around.'' What it is saying is: Lord, give me the strength to fight my battles.…”