Political Quotes

“And still I rise, Madam Speaker, because I love my country and because I have reason to be concerned, and I believe that every American has reason to be concerned about the issue that I shall address today. Those of us who are in the House of Representatives should be especially concerned because the issue involves war and peace. It involves the sons and daughters of Mr. and Mrs. America--war and peace. We have, by and through our Chief Executive Officer, the President of the United States of America, caused a Nimitz-class battle group to go into the Gulf region. For those who do not know, this is the ultimate expression of American military prowess, a Nimitz-class battle group. Above it, we have the generationally reliable B-52 bomber. They can rain lethality on anything within their range. Beneath the battle group, you have, lurking, a submarine that can launch without surfacing. But the centerpiece of a Nimitz-class battle group, especially this one, is the USS Abraham Lincoln. The Abraham Lincoln is an aircraft carrier that is 1,092 feet long. It can carry 90 fixed- and rotary- winged aircraft. The Abraham Lincoln has two A-4 Westinghouse nuclear reactors. When it is fueled and it is sent out on a mission, it does not have to come back for 25 years. It is the centerpiece of American military prowess. To borrow a term from where I grew up, you don't send the Abraham Lincoln if you are shucking. You send it when you are not bluffing.…”