Political Quotes

“And still I rise in the name of liberty and justice for all. Mr. Speaker, there is something happening in our country. It appears to me that the inescapable, irreversible winds of change are sweeping across our land. It seems to me that the people in this country have seen things that they did not anticipate they would see. They didn't expect to see what happened to George Floyd. They didn't expect to understand what has happened to Breonna Taylor. And the people in this country seem to want to see change take place. I am amazed at how one question by a moderator at an event has made a significant impact. The simple question was, and I am paraphrasing: Would you denounce white supremacy? It was a simple question. It did not get the appropriate answer. As a result, people are starting to believe that we ought not allow an answer that is inappropriate to be acceptable. I am just amazed at how persons across the aisle--and I am grateful to them--persons across the aisle have said that there should have been the appropriate answer given, which is: I condemn white supremacy; I condemn the supremacist. That is the answer, simple, easy answer. And persons across the aisle are sending a clear and perspicuous message to the Chief Executive Officer: He needs to change that response--walk it back; talk it back; crawl it back; just take it back.…”