Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, it is time we accept the reality. We are a world power. We defeated communism, and no, we cannot expect Nepal and Bangladesh to pay the same amount of money that we do. Yes, we are going to have to take the leadership, and part of that burden means we are going to have to pay more. But, Mr. Chairman, I would submit that this is a very wise investment, which is why I believe this bill is mistaken when it attempts to undermine funding for U.N. peacekeeping activities. The point I am trying to make is that we have very legitimate and vital national interests which are protected by U.N. peacekeeping. What are our interests? We have an interest in the global marketplace, that markets are allowed to thrive and not be disrupted by localized aggression and by petty dictators. We do not want to set the precedent that might makes right. We do not want to see our markets disrupted by petty dictators. We want to have the ability to work collectively within the world community to thwart these kinds of efforts. We have an interest in oil. Our recent efforts in Desert Storm magnify the fact that we need to work collectively and we need to have the resources of other countries join with ours to fight to help protect our specific interests. We have a very important interest, Mr. Chairman, in fighting terrorism internationally.”