Political Quotes

“Which is a very threatening thing. I say for the record, as a pro-life Catholic, I voted for hundreds of Clinton nominees who I knew were not pro-life--hundreds of them--never voted against one of them, never filibustered any of them. I will match up my fervor in defense of human life against anyone in this Chamber. But not once did I vote against one. Why? Because that is not my role as a Senator, as a civil servant. I know my duties under the Constitution. I know my role. I know what I am supposed to do. What we are experiencing here now is not, again, the separation of church and state but the separation from anybody who is faithful to their church from the state. That is turning separation of church and state that would cause any of the Founders to be spinning in their grave today. It is exactly what--you can call it anything you want--but that is exactly what is going on. The greatest of the freedoms we have in this country, the greatest that any country can have, is the freedom to believe the freedom to think. Because if you don't have the freedom to think what you want and the freedom to do what you want, the freedom to speak, to assemble--the freedom to do anything else is meaningless. It is the first of all freedoms. That is under assault in this process. I commend the Senator from Utah for standing up in defense of this.”