Political Quotes

“Jesus said, blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God. What can be said of a Congress which will not let the United States make peace in Kosovo? What can be said of a Congress which would intervene at a critical point in peace negotiations and take steps to undermine a peace agreement? What can be said of a Congress which refuses to let the United States join hands with other peacekeepers of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization? What can be said is this: If we are not letting peace be waged, then we are letting war be waged. What can be said is that if we are not thoughtful as to the consequences of our actions today upon the Kosovo peace talks, then we are as sorcerer's apprentices, mindlessly stirring a cauldron full of the blood of Balkan innocents. When this cauldron is stirred, there will be blood on our hands. What will be said about this Congress is that with our NATO allies at the ready, Congress abdicated the United States role as a world leader. Blessed are the peacemakers. We are able to make peace because we are the strongest nation in the world. We are able to make peace because we have been committed to peace. Listen to the words of John F. Kennedy's inaugural. He said that we have been unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this Nation has always been committed and to which we are committed today at home and around the world.…”