Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, in the summer of 1789, according to a story, there was a famine in France. The people didn't have enough bread to eat, and they approached the queen, and they said: Queen Marie Antoinette, the people do not have enough bread to eat. According to the story, she said: Well then let them eat cake. Showing the most callous disregard for what the lives of the people actually was like, assuming that without enough bread to eat they actually had cake lying around, that is ridiculous. Mr. Speaker, that is almost certainly an apocryphal story; it didn't really happen. But now, here, in America, we have a real-life American Marie Antoinette. Showing the most caviler disregard for the plight of the American people, allowing UI to expire without negotiating, without talking, without trying to extend relief, Senator Mitch McConnell, don't risk letting our economy slide into a Great Depression. Don't be Marie Antoinette. Let's come to the table and get this done. ____________________”