Political Quotes

“I think the Record should also reflect that in the course of my service as Under Secretary and Secretary of the Navy, I had the great privilege of working with the Senator's father, a naval officer without peer, distinction and achievement. He was commander in chief of all forces Pacific during several of those critical years in Vietnam when the Senator was incarcerated. Mr. McCAIN. I thank my friend. Mr. President, I say again on this issue, No. 1, it is not going away. It is not going away. If, through some parliamentary maneuver, temporarily the will of the majority of both Houses, both bicameral and bipartisan, is thwarted, it will be on every vehicle that goes through this body because you cannot override the majority of the American people and their elected representatives in a functioning democracy. No one wants this issue to go away more than I. This issue is incredibly harmful to the United States of America and our image throughout the world. The article on the front page of the Washington Post the day before yesterday, describing prison systems that are run by the CIA--the CIA wasn't set up to run prisons. I point out there is no nation in the world that faces a greater threat of terrorist attacks on a day-to-day basis than the State of Israel. The State of Israel Supreme Court decided, and its military and civil Government has implemented, a prohibition against cruel and inhumane treatment and torture, and they do not practice it.…”