Political Quotes

“we were, as a body in recess--fortunately, the leadership decided this body should go into recess so we could watch the President of the United States deliver a speech which, in my judgment, is one of the most important speeches ever delivered before the United Nations. He laid out with specific clarity the threats to the world posed by Saddam Hussein, the threats to the world of inaction at this time, and that those who say to him, there is concern this Nation is acting unilaterally--our President very clearly gave the United Nations a clear and respectful mandate to act now in the face of unrefuted facts that in 16 instances, Saddam Hussein has defied the United Nations and the Security Council. What better evidence? He alluded to the fact that Saddam Hussein has provided evidence-- clearly, it is there--of a highly increased tempo of activities toward the manufacture of weapons of mass destruction, weapons which in no way are needed for the rightful defense of the sovereign Nation of Iraq, weapons that could only be manufactured and devised for offensive actions against other nations. This is not a war, which we are alluding to, between Iraq and the United States. This is a war of free nations--many free nations--free people, innocent people whose lives are at risk in the same way lives were risked on 9/11 a year ago in New York, in my State of Virginia, and in Pennsylvania. I commend the President.…”