Political Quotes

“I must stand up in strong opposition to this amendment, and, as has been alluded to earlier in the speeches, I am a strong supporter of the fifth amendment rights to protect property owners and their right to their land, and what we are talking about here is the equivalent to taking of property as if they bought it. The type of taking that we are talking about is simply no different than if we signed the deed of property over, and in fact it is even worse in that we still own the property and have to pay taxes on it. I simply state that the people ought to be rightful and fully compensated, and I agree with the gentleman from Georgia who says this should not be a bidding war. What we are doing here is a 100-percent taking. They are entitled to 100 percent. The fifth amendment talks about the 100 percent. I think 10 percent is the minimum we ought to allow in this situation. I say, 'I, too, believe that, if you're going to take the property, you ought to be compensated 100 percent for it.'”