Political Quotes

“the Nazis have invaded Denmark. It is World War II. They have taken the whole place over. The people are very concerned. They were looking for certain people and they could not really identify them. Some of them they could, some of them maybe did not look like they were Danes. It was kind of hard to identify some of the Jews, so the Nazis said, ``This is the order. Tomorrow morning every Jew must wear a gold badge saying, ``Jude,'' ``I am a Jew,'' and if anybody knew one who was not wearing it, they were to be turned in. When the sun rose over Copenhagen that next morning, we found a very Christian King walking the streets wearing one of those yellow labels, saying that he was a Jew. As people woke up realizing what had happened, they came out of their homes, not just the Jews but everybody in Denmark, wearing yellow badges, saying, ``I am a Jew,'' so that the Nazis could not tell one from the other. Let us, Mr. Chairman, not hang labels on each other. Let us not divide our society. Let us not turn each other in. Let us address the issues that we as a civilized people should be addressing here in the proper legislation. Do not make piranhas out of each of us. This is not the American way. It is not the human way. Please do not vote for this kind of absurdity in this great Nation of ours.”