Political Quotes

“I think the head of our energy policy, as Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney have shared with us, is we have to conserve, we have to use energy efficiently and be more cautious that we are not wasting energy. I think we still have lots of progress we can make there. And we must continue to do that. But that is down to every American citizen who can contribute there. It does not need to be some new law, it does not need to be some strict regulation, but I think leadership from the White House is going to help Americans be much more conscious. Of course, prices makes us much more conscious. As prices go up, we are going to turn lights out when we are not using them. We are not going to turn our thermostats to be quite as high. We will not drive quite as fast and waste fuel. We might take a little shorter trip. We may look at the next car we buy to be more fuel efficient. Those are all things we can do individually, but they should be personal choices. They should be incentives, not strict government rules and not a heavy hand from government. The American people all need to realize that we are all in this together. However, on top of that, we cannot conserve our way out of this crisis.”