Political Quotes

“I feel a little bit like the character in the Moliere play who learned that he was speaking prose all his life without knowing it. I find that I am here advocating a part of the contract. That is not a posture I have previously found myself in very often. I did not know that this was part of the contract. It just goes to show that even a stopped clock can be right twice a day. This is an important piece of legislation. What we did in 1988 was, sensibly, to try to protect children, families with children against discrimination. As the gentleman from Florida pointed out, this in no way weakens or repeals that substantive legislation. What we are dealing with here is basically how you establish a certain fact. We recognize, first, that the general principle should be that you do not discriminate against families with children in the sale or rental of housing. Second, we did not mean that this ruled out the ability to create a community of people who were older. Older people, like the rest of us, differ in their tastes and preferences. Some of them want to live just like everybody else. Others, by the time they reach a certain age, do not ever want to hear another ball bouncing against a wall, they do not want to be awakened by music they do not understand at midnight. They want to be able to get up at 6 o'clock in the morning and not worry about waking up other people. People's patterns in life can change.”