Political Quotes

“I am as much a cold warrior of the old days as the gentleman that just spoke, but I rise in opposition to this amendment. Mr. Chairman, my friend, the gentleman from Alabama means well, but when he says there is no progress in Russia, my goodness. Just in the last eight months they have adopted a new constitution, they have had parliamentary elections, they have a brand new legislative body which is operating fairly rapidly, perhaps at least as rapidly as this body. They have over half the work force in private hands. Inflation is staying down. Ten percent a month is a lot, but good grief, compared to other nations around the world they are looking good. They have established stock markets, and their people are actively trading these stock holdings. This amendment would cut precisely the kind of aid that is necessary to help the Russians privatize their economy and democratize their government, and get them in a peaceful mode so they dismantle their missiles, and not destroy the whole world with nuclear holocaust.”