Political Quotes

“Thank you so very much, and thank you as always for anchoring this CBC hour week in and week out. Thank you, Mr. Whip, for supporting this very important issue. Mr. Speaker, this is America. This is the land of the free and the home of the brave. I, too, sing America, land of the free and home of the brave, Mr. Speaker. America, the light on the hill, the standard, the example, a country built on democracy and inclusion. America, a country of men and women willing to give their lives to ensure the rights of all people to elect their leadership. But some right here in America are now doing all they can to restrict the ability for us to do the same. They're chipping away at the very foundation upon which all of our rights rest, and that is the right to vote. Yet 31 American States have begun limiting the rights of their citizens to participate in our democracy's most important function, and that is voting. If things remain as they are today, Mr. Speaker, by the 2012 election, 11 percent, or 21 million American voters, may not be allowed to cast their ballot. Twenty-five percent of them will be African American and 18 percent of them will be our Nation's elderly. This is a national shame. The fact that this was a coordinated effort is a national scandal. Recently, the Pennsylvania House Majority Leader Mike Turzai told the State's Republican committee, ``Voter ID, which is going to allow Governor Romney to win the State of Pennsylvania--done.'' They can't win without cheating?…”