Political Quotes

“this is what has been going on in this Senate Chamber for some time now. You attempt to put in certain things to substantiate your position, but you do not tell it all. You put in a piece of legislation that was printed, but you never put in the piece of legislation as it was amended. When I was brought up, Dad told me that ``the devil was in the fine print.'' So let us get to the fine print. You just cannot continue to condemn people around here because they do not agree with you. I wish you would read Warren Rudman's book on why he left the U.S. Senate. He said he could sit down with Ted Kennedy, Joe Biden--and he named a list of Senators. He would say, ``Let us compromise and work this thing out.'' He said, ``I never did question their morality or their patriotism. But we could sit down and work things out.'' We no longer do that in the Senate, so Warren Rudman is no longer a major voice in the consideration of legislation in the Senate. So you have driven from this body one of the sharpest, one of the most dedicated individuals, I think, that has served here. Now, I will go back to where I was interrupted. On March 7, 1994, the distinguished majority whip made a similar mistake, quoting me out of context. I will say one thing for him. He later came to the floor and apologized. But here we go again, misquoting my record. Mr. President, we have made some tough votes around here, which actually were about deficit reduction, not just talk, not just an issue.…”