Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I remember well the day I stood here and raised my right hand and swore before God and country that I would support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, and that I would bear true faith and allegiance to the same. If you believe in the oath you took and they were not just empty words, you must vote to support H.R. 4. If you believe that Black and Brown people, Asian citizens, Native Americans, language minorities, students, the poor, rural and urban citizens are part of ``we, the people,'' you must vote to support H.R. 4. To quote our former colleague, the Honorable Barbara Jordan: ``We, the people. . . . I was not included in that `We, the people.' . . . But through the process of amendment, interpretation, and court decision, I . . . am finally . . . included in `We, the people.''' She went on to say: ``My faith in the Constitution is whole. It is complete. It is total. I am not going to sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction of the Constitution.'' The Constitution is the very foundation of our democracy. If your faith in the Constitution is whole, complete, and total, you must vote for H.R. 4. Sadly, the United States has a long, dark history of denying or restricting the right of people to vote who look like me.…”