Political Quotes

“these last few days mark the last that we will have the pleasure of working with some of the most talented and dedicated Senators to have served in the U.S. Senate. That's because 13 of our finest Members will be retiring this year. Recently, former Senator Warren Rudman wrote that ``As a Senator I had enjoyed sitting down with colleagues like George Mitchell, Sam Nunn, Bill Bradley, Joe Biden, and Ted Kennedy and saying, `We have a problem here--let's find a way to solve it.' They were Democrats, to the left of me politically, but just because we saw things differently I didn't question their morality or their patriotism. I didn't come to Washington to cram things down people's throats or to have people cram anything down my throat. I thought the essence of good government was reconciling divergent views with compromises that served the country's interests.'' All of the Senators retiring at the end of this Congress have set their moral compasses in the direction of compromises to best serve the country's interests.”