Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, we have statisticized, I have tried to humanize, and forgive me for not enunciating some of these words, the verbiage, properly, but my heart was speaking today so my head sometimes gets distorted. We have humanized this baby. We have talked about what is happening and what has happened. Now I want to talk to you about something that will give us hope. This is from the speech of the Prime Minister of Japan. He spoke where the Speaker is standing right now. Why would I go to the speech of the Prime Minister from Japan? Well, here is why. Listen to his words. He says--and this is his conclusion--``Let me close with this final thought. I want you to know how seriously Japan takes its role as the United States' closest ally.'' Somebody remembers that the United States was the first country in the world to use nuclear power against a perceived enemy. An enemy, if you will--some would say perceived, I am going to say an enemy at the time. We dropped two atomic bombs, Nagasaki and Hiroshima, and you have got the Prime Minister of Japan standing where the Speaker is now saying that we are their closest ally, they are our closest ally. He goes on to say: ``Together we carry a large responsibility. I believe that we are essential to peace, vital to freedom, and fundamental to prosperity.'' This is the Prime Minister of Japan.…”