Political Quotes

“And many of them in Rhode Island. There are two other comments I want to make. One was, again--both of our political parties sometimes go a little bit awry. But one of the things that John Warner did--he didn't need to do this. He was a sitting Senator, well respected, senior. There was a fellow in Virginia who was getting into politics who had kind of a checkered history. Sometimes, he was not necessarily always willing to tell the truth. His name was Oliver North. John Warner did not think that Mr. North had the personal characteristics that ought to be in a Senator of Virginia, and at great political risk to himself, he was willing to make that known. He didn't leave the party--his party--but said that, you know, the party, his Republican Party, had to stand for principles, truth, and respect for the rule of law. Again, it is an example of the John Warner that was so special. More recently, as Senator Kaine knows, we, in Virginia, have a very checkered history with race. And in the aftermath of Brown v. Board of Education, there were a number of school divisions that literally shut down rather than letting White children go to school with Black children. And in Prince Edward County, in a little town called Farmville, which was--a group of Black students had literally done a walkout, in their case, on the part of Brown v. Board of Education case.…”