Political Quotes

“I wish to speak this morning about another issue that concerns not just Democrats but members of both parties and our entire country. It is often said that a man has nothing but his reputation, his honor, and his integrity. I believe that to be the case. This is true not just for men but for countries. In a thousand years, in a hundred years, when historians write the story of these early days of America, they will, of course, write about our great cities, our military and, of course, our economy. But the real story will be of a young Nation, unique among its global peers, because it has stood for liberty and justice, not just with words but with deeds. The true measure of America is our moral authority. Over the past 7 years, that authority has been significantly damaged: the war in Iraq that did not have to be waged; a CIA agent exposed to harm for telling the truth, Valerie Plame; a Justice Department in shambles with Attorney General Gonzales; the treatment of prisoners held up to no standard except the daily whims of a few people, Abu Ghraib, water torture. But now the word is that the CIA destroyed tapes from some of these interrogations. It has been acknowledged that the interrogations were by using water torture, something that originated in 1492 by Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand in the Inquisition. Here it is hundreds and hundreds of years later, and great America has reverted to what took place in the Inquisition.”