Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I am here for the 141st time to urge my colleagues to wake up, in this case more specifically to the political influence, particularly the dark money, that perpetuates the climate blockade in Congress. In 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville traveled to the United States to write his famous ``Democracy in America.'' De Touqueville described our American style of government as ``quite exceptional.'' He wrote about it with affection and with fascination. He may have been the first American exceptionalist. As the son and grandson of Foreign Service officers, I can personally attest to the importance of America as a paragon of government across the globe, as an aspirational model of self-governance, and as a country that others count on that comes to help, not to loot or conquer. The roots of our American exceptionalism are found in the three simple words that introduce our Constitution: ``We the People.'' The notion that the government belongs to the people seems unremarkable now, but in its day, it was literally revolutionary. Today, this proposition is under threat from few very well-heeled special interests and their shadowy front groups, all powered up by the Supreme Court's disastrous 5-to-4 Citizens United decision.…”