Political Quotes

“I rise today to introduce, I think, an extremely important resolution, House Resolution 728, which expresses the sense of the House that the actions of terrorists will never cause the date of any national election, Presidential election, to be postponed and that no single individual or agency should be given the authority to postpone the date of a national election. In a great democratic republic such as ours, there is nothing more fundamental than the bond that is forged between citizens and their representatives during the course of regularly scheduled elections. In our country and by design of our Federal Constitution, the people are sovereign. The power that we exercise as representatives derives directly from their consent. James Madison, writing in Federalist No. 52, stated that "It is essential to liberty that the government in general should have a common interest with the people." According to Madison, "Frequent elections are unquestionably the only policy by which this dependence and sympathy can be effectually secured." Congress is authorized by the Constitution to determine the date on which the Presidential election and all other Federal elections will take place.”