Political Quotes

“I have watched and deliberated and thought about what is happening in Montana with the Freemen, and more and more it is bothering me. It bothers me, because all of us have to live under the laws of the land. A lot of the laws, we do not like; a lot of the rules and regulations, we want to change; but there is a way to go about it. The New York Times reported that the leader of the Freemen has collected over $676,000 in Federal farm supports over the past 10 years. It is all right for him to denounce the Federal Government, but the fact is, he is living off the Federal Government. These Freemen that occupy this property in Montana, they do not own that property. Somebody else owns that property. And what about the people that own that property? They are about to lose that property because they have a big mortgage to pay. They need to plant a crop. They need to cultivate the land. They need to do something with that land. And yet they cannot even get on that land because we keep continuing to delay. Now, I realize our reluctance. I realize maybe some mistakes were made in Waco, maybe some mistakes were made at Ruby Ridge. But the Federal Government, the Government, finally has to act or react. They cannot keep postponing and delaying, knowing that by doing nothing we are not complying with the laws and we are infringing on the majority's rights.”