Political Quotes

“I thank my colleague from Rhode Island very much for championing this bill and for what he has done helping folks to understand this issue. I will make a few comments on this issue. My friend from Vermont is standing by and, I think, wants to make some remarks as well. I wanted to have the key words we are talking about put up before us. This is a picture of the Constitution, or at least the top of the front page, if you will. I was always struck that our Founders saw fit to start this document that lays out the framework for our Nation, the framework for our system of government, with three simple words, ``we the people.'' They got to it right from the very beginning. They did not put in three paragraphs of polite this and that and then get to the heart of it. They started with the heart: ``We the people.'' They did not put it in small print, they put it in super-sized print. We can see it is written in a font that is probably 10 times the size of the rest of the Constitution. They deliberately said this is the premise on which our Nation will operate. This is the foundation on which we stand. These words are not ``we the powerful.'' There is a huge distinction between ``we the people'' and ``we the powerful.'' But the Supreme Court, in Citizens United, attacked the very heart of our Constitution--by saying the most powerful companies with vast sums of money can flood our political system, can buy up the airwaves, and completely dominate the conversation.…”