Political Quotes

“I do not mean to accuse the gentleman of inconsistency in not leaving, because he has articulated correctly that view of it, that we should not unilaterally disarm. But I would ask him this: He and I came here together 17 years ago. He points to the problems of careerism and undue vulnerability to special interests if we are here too long. Has the gentleman himself succumbed to those problems? If not, what in his experience has allowed him to overcome them? Because if these things hit us after we have been here for 12 years, have they hit the gentleman? If not, can the gentleman tell the rest of us how to avoid those problems? I believe the generic rule, the general order of things on average is that careerism does afflict all too many Members of Congress and it influences the vote, to vote for the interests that are required to get them reelected. I would be remiss in not commenting on why we are here today voting on so many variations on term limits.”