Political Quotes

“I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motions to reconsider laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate, and that any statements relating to the resolution be printed in the Record. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The resolution (S. Res. 398) was agreed to. The preamble was agreed to. The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows: S. Res. 398 Whereas the ancient Greeks developed the concept of democracy, in which the supreme power to govern was vested in the people; Whereas the Founding Fathers of the United States, many of whom read Greek political philosophy in the original Greek, drew heavily on the political experience and philosophy of ancient Greece in forming our representative democracy; Whereas Greek Commander in Chief Petros Mavromichalis, a founder of the modern Greek state, said to the citizens of the United States in 1821 that ``it is in your land that liberty has fixed her abode and. . .in imitating you, we shall imitate our ancestors and be thought worthy of them if we succeed in resembling you''; Whereas the Greek national anthem, the ``Hymn to Liberty'', includes the words, ``Most heartily was gladdened George Washington's brave land''; Whereas the people of the United States generously offered humanitarian assistance to the people of Greece during their struggle for independence; Whereas Greece, in one of the most consequential ``David vs.…”