Political Quotes

“First I am very proud to have the gentleman as my Vice Chair. I think Thursday's meetings are going to be right on point, and I am hoping that with the people we have assembled there, we can draw enough attention to get back on track. I agree, Nancy Reagan did step out at a time when it was not easy to do that, to take a leadership role, but that is what leadership is all about. She certainly was supported by the President at that point, and people from around the country stepping out. This is what we have to do now. We need to now step back out. We hope that we can encourage the President to start with his office, the bully pulpit, and start showing the kind of leadership that needs to be shown here, that maybe that will then start both sides of the aisle here, both sides of Pennsylvania Avenue, we start then speaking out as well. I think that is what it is going to take. It is going to have to be a national, a top priority, and the priority starts right at the very, very top, with the President. If he shows the kind of leadership that he is capable of showing, then we will all be able to do the same in our individual areas. But we cannot let this go on. If we accept casual use of drugs, then we are going to accept things, the former Surgeon General was starting to talk about legalization, and we are going downhill from there. I think we have just go to reverse where we have been and start back up where we were back in the days of Nancy Reagan.”