Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I imagine that we are going to hear on the Senate floor how those who are most vocal about prohibiting the schools from even mentioning religious principles or allowing voluntary prayer are often those who are most vocal in insisting that condoms be made available in these same schools. I look forward to hearing these Senators try to explain how we send the right signal to our Nation's youth when we prohibit prayer or the distribution of Bibles in the schools but encourage the distribution of condoms in the schools. I also hope these Senators will explain why the information school children are given with the condoms, and by the way, on the recently aired and HHS-sponsored condom commercials paid for by the taxpayers, never mentions the high failure rates for condoms in preventing both AIDS and pregnancies--never, not a syllable of explanation about that. Condoms are a long way from foolproof. And when our Nation's moral foundation is crumbling, is it not right to say, look, we are on the wrong track? Let us talk to the young people about moral principles, respect for themselves and respect for others. Can we not treat them as people instead of uncontrollable animals? But the politically correct crowd says, oh, that is not going to work. Well, it is not working because it has not been tried, it has not even been permitted.”