Political Quotes

“Madam President, I come to the Senate floor today to once again talk about the crisis in Ukraine and what we can do here to help. Night has fallen in Ukraine and in Kyiv, Kharkiv, and other cities and towns. All through Ukraine, the bombing continues, the bombardment--artillery shells, missiles. Thousands of innocent Ukrainians have already lost their lives. We cannot let this stand. We need to work with our allies to stop these atrocities. By the way, all over the country, people are standing up and speaking out. A week ago Sunday, I was in Ohio with a thousand people--mostly Ukrainians, Americans of Ukrainian descent, but also people from everyplace: Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovenia, and so many other countries, and people who have been Americans for generations--who were standing together to say: This cannot stand. We had a prayer vigil and a demonstration. The prayer vigil was in a huge church, but it was an overflow crowd pouring out into the streets. Yesterday, I came to Washington to join such a rally. It was in front of the White House, and again it included so many Ukrainians, including from Ohio, but so many others as well. The rallying cry was: We are all Ukrainians today because we all believe in democracy and freedom and the right for a country to chart its own course and for people to be independent and free. We had rabbis there; we had ministers there; we had clergy there from four or five different denominations--again, praying for the people of Ukraine.…”