Political Quotes

“I very much appreciate his organizing this special order at a very historic moment in the history of Ireland and its relationship with our country and with England. I would also like to give credit to the gentleman from New York [Mr. King] who I joined last night watching the movie ``In the Name of the Father,'' a movie about the Guildford Four, which shows that tyranny and bigotry and injustice still exist in the north of Ireland, and its relationship with England. Since first coming to this Chamber as a Representative from center New York, I have had the honor of witnessing internationally historical events unfold. Many of them have been positive, the results of compromise and understanding. I want the same to happen in Northern Ireland. Lech Walesa was here in this Chamber and told us what it is finally like to live in a free Poland. Nelson Mandela gave his personal and important views as to what freedom means in South Africa. The wheels are turning in the Middle East. We are working to bring a permanent end to the fighting in Yugoslavia. The Berlin Wall is down. The U.S.S.R. has dissolved. Eastern Europe and Asia are still writhing in chains of totalitarianism. But in Northern Ireland the same class struggle exists as if it were excerpted from a 1950's documentary or an early 1900's newsreel or a late 19th century letter to relatives in America from the old country.”