Political Quotes

“In life you can't stand still. You either go forward or backward. If it were not such a serious matter--and it is a serious matter--to have the Republican leader go back to a statement that I made 5 years ago is what is wrong with the Republicans in this debate. Things have to change. Things change. You can't stand still. You either go forward or backward. To take a statement that I made 5 years ago and think that things haven't changed in 5 years is without any degree of sensibility. In just a few days our country will mark a solemn anniversary: the beginning of the fifth year of a war that has raged in faraway Iraq. For the fifth year, this war has taken a tremendous toll on our country, our troops, their families, and our standing in the world. Mr. President, 3,200 Americans, soldiers, airmen, sailors, and marines have been killed in Iraq. We have seen tens of thousands of our best wounded--men and women who have come home to a health care system unprepared and ill-equipped to take care of them. Our Army has been stretched dangerously thin. Our Treasury has been spending, week after bloody week, $2 billion, each week; $2 billion each week. Despite these tremendous costs, despite these great sacrifices, despite the opposition to this war, Iraq continues to spiral out of control. In February, attacks in Iraq increased dramatically. Three American soldiers and 100 Iraqis died every day--every day in February. In March it seems it is going to be just as bad.”