Political Quotes

“I am continuing a conversation that I started a couple of weeks ago that I hope will, among other things, bring about a greater sense of cooperation among my colleagues here in the House of Representatives and the American public and will act in a constructive way towards developing a greater relationship between the people of this country and their Government. I started talking 2 weeks ago about some basic values that I felt were necessary in order to bring about this relationship or this new paradigm that will help this country go into the 21st century, not working at odds on with another between communities and between individuals but, rather, as a team, recognizing that we have a lot of differences among our diverse population but we had darned better decide that there are some common values and common ground and common elements that we could all agree upon as we discuss our differences that ultimately will lead us to some very productive resolutions. I would like to start just by reading a quote that Abraham Lincoln gave back in 1838, where he says, and I quote: "All the armies of Europe, Asia, and Africa combined with all the treasures of the Earth, our own excepted, in their military chest, with a Bonaparte as a commander, could not be force take a drink from the Ohio nor make a track on the Blue Ridge in a trial of a thousand years. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher.”