Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I rise in strong, vigorous support of this resolution condemning the continued belligerent behavior of North Korea. Pyongyang's brinkmanship threatens the peace and security of not only the Korean Peninsula but the whole region. The artillery shelling of a South Korean island last week was the first such attack directed at civilians since the Korean War in the 1950s. We join our South Korean allies in mourning the deaths of both civilians and young Marines and offer our sincere condolences to the victims' families. In addressing another Korean crisis, as a presidential candidate almost six decades ago, Dwight Eisenhower said, ``In this anxious autumn for America one fact looms above all others in our people's minds. One tragedy challenges all men dedicated to the work of peace. This word is Korea.'' For the shelling which we condemn today, and the treacherous attack on civilians, is merely the tip of the North Korean spear of hostility. Another revelation came a mere week earlier of a North Korean secret uranium enrichment plant, a revelation described by a visiting American physicist as ``stunning.'' The plant also laid bare the duplicity, deceit, and treachery with which North Korea has approached the whole denuclearization issue for the past 20 years.…”