Political Quotes

“Mr. President, the eminent British statesman Edmund Burke wrote once that, ``All government--indeed, every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue and every prudent act--is founded upon compromise and barter.'' Now, the conference report before us today is just that: A fair compromise that makes the Government go, a fair compromise that provides for order rather than chaos, and allows us to proceed expeditiously with the business of this people's Government. But this budget resolution is not a compromise simply for compromise sake. Like its predecessor, the budget resolution which we passed earlier this year, this one hews to the principle of deficit reduction, it hews to the principle of fiscal responsibility, and it propels us down the path to greater economic growth. Make no mistake about it, this economy of ours has flourished since we made a commitment last year to serious and credible deficit reduction.”