Political Quotes

“Thank you, Mr. President. By the way, what a pleasure it is to see the new Senator presiding. Climate Change Mr. President, I rise every week on this Senate floor to talk about the dangers of carbon pollution to our atmosphere and to our oceans. This week I want to preface my remarks by talking about America and her role in the world. I can use some very well-known words to make my point. From John Winthrop to Ronald Reagan, we have described our great American experiment as ``a city on a hill.'' Indeed, our hymn ``America the Beautiful'' sings about our ``alabaster cities' gleam.'' President Kennedy's inaugural address said that ``the glow from [our] fire can truly light the world,'' and a generation later, President Obama's first inaugural noted that our ``ideals still light the world.'' We Americans have described ourselves as a beacon of hope, a light in the darkness, our lamp lifted up in welcome and in example. Daniel Webster years ago said that our Founders ``set the world an example.'' That was what the founding of America meant--our Founders ``set the world an example.'' President Clinton has pointed out that the power of our example, the power of that example in the world, has always been greater than any example of our power. That was the way Bill Clinton described it.…”