Political Quotes

“Putting into the Constitution language which is full of loopholes is not an improvement on the current situation. Quite the opposite. It will lead the public into believing we are doing something when we are not. In doing that, it will lead the public to new depths of cynicism. It will take Congress and the President off the hook until 2002. That will give Congress and the President 7 years more for excuses not to act. They will act on the illusion that the amendment will somehow do it for us. This amendment will, as a result, do damage during the next 7 years with great uncertainty as to what will happen thereafter. There is no substitute for the exercise of will now to cut the deficit. Putting off the fateful day until 2002, and then being uncertain as to whether there will be any deficit reduction is not the exercise of will. It is a copout in the name of the Constitution. Our Constitution deserves better. Our people deserve better.”