Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, as Margaret Thatcher said, the problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money. My wife is an immigrant from Eastern Europe, from Moldova, a former Soviet satellite state. She came to this country in search of economic opportunity and freedom and a better life for her and her family. She left a former Communist country that is still dealing with the grips of communism and socialist policies. Let's be very clear. Communism and socialism have limited freedoms, stymied economic innovation and opportunity, limited prosperity, and left the very people it claims to help in a permanent state of poverty and government dependence. Conversely, capitalism has lifted people from poverty to prosperity within a generation and made America the envy of the world. To be clear, this resolution is not about Social Security or Medicare, two programs with broad bipartisan support. It is about a sick ideology that has destroyed nations, ruined lives, and resulted in death and destruction around the world. Now, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are twisting themselves into knots trying to explain why they oppose this resolution. The sad truth is, it is because their party has been taken over by a radical, socialist ideology that they are held hostage to. They can't even muster the courage to denounce it. We are Americans. We should speak with one voice and denounce socialism, communism, dictators, and despots at every turn.…”