Political Quotes

“I would like to thank the gentleman from New Jersey. He has been a great leader on this issue and on so many other issues with regard to international matters. I would also like to thank the majority leader for organizing this Special Order during such an important week. The reason we are doing this this week, really, is that the President is scheduled to be at the United Nations this week to meet on the Sudan issue. It seems like things are coming to a head. As you've heard many, many times--and I'm not going to repeat the facts, because the facts have been said--we have an election that is scheduled to come up in January which is very critical to this region. Let me be clear: To me, this may not be the most important issue to most of my constituents. I know that. I realize that. Jobs are more important. The economy is more important. But America has always been and, I think, always should be more than just about business. It has to be about morality and ethics as well. In this case, the morality of a genocide, or the immorality of a genocide--the immorality of keeping people enslaved, literally enslaved at a recent point in the history of Sudan--is something that, I think, only America is qualified to stand up and scream about. Up until now, the history in this region has been terrible. There have been civil wars. There has been genocide.…”