Political Quotes

“first of all, I have no problem with what I said. I believe we should have had some votes in the committee. Remember, 69 never even came before the committee. Following that, there should have been votes here on the floor. Remember, every one of these judges turned down had votes on the floor. They were cloture motions. My distinguished friend says he does not know of any time in the history of this country where there has been a majority that favored somebody, that there was not cloture filed, or words to that effect. The point is, we do not need to relive history, but 69 of President Clinton's people never even got there, and that is what I was talking about in 2000 and 2001. I would never, ever consider breaking the rules to change the rules. I never suggested that at all. I say to my friend, I want to work something out. I repeat that for probably the fifth time here today, but in the process we cannot give up the basic rights this country and this Senate have had for more than 200 years. We are willing to compromise, and, as my friend from New York said, compromise means just that. If we are seen as not acting appropriately, then people can respond to us at election time. It is interesting to note, I say to my friend, in talking to some of my Republican friends, of all the circuit nominees I have heard of, there are only a few that I have a problem with. My Republican friends have told me that they have a problem with a couple themselves.…”