Political Quotes

“I remind my Republican colleagues that our Nation is over $4 trillion in debt. This Nation this year will borrow over $200 billion just to make ends meet. That money has to be repaid. In the 2 minutes that I address this body, the American people will spend $1 million just on interest on the national debt. For those of you who have a Visa card or any other charge card, you know what interest is. It is money that is wasted. Sometimes it is a bargain to spend money ahead of time and pay it back later but it is never a bargain for your Nation to borrow money. Last year on June 6 I happened to stand on the bluffs of Normandy amongst 10,000 crosses, a cross for every person that lives in my hometown almost. Those people, like my colleague Sam Gibbons, many of them jumped out of airplanes in the dark the night before. Many of them died. They jumped for $90 a month. No one ever asked those people would they do it for a tax break. Do you love your country only if you get a tax break, if you get more back than you gave to it? They did it because they loved their country. This Nation has done wonderful things and it troubles me when I see my Republican friends belittle the wonderful things this country has done.”