Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I am happy to join my colleague from New Hampshire and other colleagues tonight to talk about one of the most serious threats to ever face this Nation or, in fact, this world. A few years ago, Tom Brokaw, the television news anchor, wrote a wonderful book called ``The Greatest Generation.'' He was writing about the generation of our parents and grandparents who fought in World War II, who paid off the debt from World War II, who built the Interstate Highway System--who, by the way, paid for it--and who built the greatest economy the world has ever seen. That was the ``greatest generation.'' The characteristic of that generation was that of meeting their responsibilities. It was not of avoiding problems but of meeting them head-on and establishing for the world and for this country an example of governance and of the responsible dealing with issues and problems the likes of which we have not seen in our lifetimes. If Tom Brokaw were writing another book today about us, it would be called ``The Lousiest Generation.'' We are the ones who have built up an unconscionable debt for our children. We cut taxes in the middle of a war in 2005. It was the first time I had been able to find in world history when that had ever happened. We have given ourselves tax cuts and not paid the bill, and we are passing on this enormous $22 trillion debt to our children.…”