Political Quotes

“In the Darfur region I have not. But it is very similar to southern Sudan. It is fascinating, southern Sudan, where 2 million people have been displaced, and 5 million people have been killed in a civil war there, and it started there. That is why I have great hope. A lot of people just give up on these regions, because when we went there initially, it was almost exactly the same. There was a lot of fighting within 10 or 15 kilometers. I started operating in a little schoolhouse that had been diverted for about 8 years. That was 1997-1998. Now in 2006, there is a village there and commerce and a hospital, no fighting; 50,000 people go through what was a schoolhouse and is now a big hospital. When people give up in Africa or say we have been through this before and talk about corruption in government, we can't give up. We should not give up. I very much appreciate my distinguished colleague asking because there is a lot we can do. And it starts with the compassion and caring that the American people exemplify. Now is the time for us to act. ____________________”