Political Quotes

“Madam President, reserving the right to object, the United States of America has benefited for nearly 2\1/2\ centuries from having one of the world's best, most objective judicial systems in the entire world. While no system run by fallible, mortal human beings can be described as perfect, ours is as good a system as has ever existed in the world and certainly as good as any that exists in the world today. But the capstone of that is an entity that exists by virtue, by operation of the Constitution--the Supreme Court of the United States. This solution--a solution that is being rammed through today--this is a solution in search of a problem that would itself create another problem for which there would be no solution. That problem would, in turn, turn one of our greatest strengths--an independent, functioning judicial system, one that has preserved the rule of law in this country for nearly 2\1/2\ centuries--into something, a more political animal. It is not what we wanted. It is not what the Constitution contemplates. It is not what we benefited from. And why? We must ask the question why. Is there any great moral offense that has been committed? No. Is there any grave violation of law that has been committed? No. Is there any violation of law that has been committed at all? No, there is not.…”