Political Quotes

“So you are for the bill, but you won't vote for it. Nonsense. Nine years ago, your country was attacked, and you're here quibbling about politics. You're here talking about permanent entitlements. Oh, how easy it is to come down here to this floor. I have seen it done time after time, Mr. Speaker--people proving how patriotic they are, determined to fight against the terrorists, to defend America, leave no soldier behind. Well, where I come from, we are leaving soldiers behind. We have thousands of people, besides the ones who died, who are on the battlefield in our hospitals--who are dying every day, who are reaching out and gasping for the last breaths that they have. You call that an entitlement. I don't question your patriotism. I don't question your nationalism. I don't question your strategy or your tactics to take petty political advantage of this terrible situation. Sure, you're patriots. Sure, you have great oratory, but I have one question: Where is your decency?”