Political Quotes

“there is no doubt that the action of leaving the State of Texas and going from Austin to Ardmore, and I have yet to find anyone in Austin that goes to Ardmore for a vacation, but I am sure it is a nice place, and I know it has the Gene Autry Museum and other fine attributes; but they did not go up there on a lark. They took this extraordinary action because, as our colleague from Marshall, Texas (Mr. Sandlin) pointed out, they had extraordinary intimidation, they had extraordinary arrogance. But the point I want to emphasize, when we hear these attacks made on these brave Texas legislators, remember who their pal was just a few years ago. That was Governor George Bush. That is where he chose to introduce himself to the Nation. I would just urge again tonight that the President consider the problems that are being caused in Texas by this kind of extremism, and that if he is a uniter and not a divider, though we have not seen a great deal of evidence of that, that he unite the Texas House; that he go right to the place where he kicked off his Presidency and work to bring people back together. Because we cannot go on in this fashion. There is a second aspect to this that is very troubling, and the gentleman from Marshall made reference to it, and that is the involvement of Federal resources.…”