Political Quotes

“I rise, Mr. Speaker, as a liberated Democrat. I rise, Mr. Speaker, unbought, unbossed, unafraid. I rise, Mr. Speaker, as the only Member of the House of Representatives to be removed from a joint session of Congress and, thereafter, to be censured. I have been censured, Mr. Speaker, but I have not been silenced. Censured, but not silenced. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in agreement with the President. This is, indeed, a dark day. Yesterday was a dark day--dark days because of lives that have been lost. This day, the USA Today has published an article styled: ``24 years after 9/11, alliances fractured,'' referring to what happened on 9/11, the lives that were lost to terrorism. Then, Mr. Speaker, there is another article that I would call to your attention in The Washington Times. It is styled: Growing leftwing violence blamed for deadly shooting. Mr. Speaker, I wish to address violence. I wish to address violence, and I wish to start by indicating that, yesterday, I published a tweet. This tweet, Mr. Speaker, indicated, in essence, that this is the time for all persons of good will to take a stand against violence and that persons should do this because Dr. King was right, and his words are right today: ``We must all learn to live together as brothers,'' he said. I would add: and sisters. We must all learn to live together as brothers and sisters, or we will perish together as fools.”