Political Quotes

“I understand the feelings of the Senator from North Carolina, and I am sure that in his State and in many other areas of the country his amendment would make a lot of sense and people would be for it. I have also traveled around the country far and wide and understand that in some areas of the country the thought of a young person getting parental consent to obtain contraceptives is not a realistic option. When the option for the kids who themselves are probably operating without much parental guidance at all is to use condoms or have AIDS, we want to make sure that the option to use condoms is there. For that reason, I oppose that amendment. I do, though, agree with Senator Kennedy's proposal that we should do everything we can in our society to strengthen the family and the relationship and the understanding among parents and their children, to be able to speak frankly and to talk about sex and the use of condoms and the dangers of not using them.”