Political Quotes

“I have listened to the outpouring of grief following the tragic events in Southern California, the shooting in the high school. As a parent, I obviously look at that and can only begin to imagine the terror that was in the hearts of the parents of all the children there--not knowing from the initial reports whether their child was alive or injured. And then, of course, it had to be the worst grief any parent could feel to find out their children had been killed. I could not help but think of my own son, who teaches high school in that area. But one has to think of anybody, whether they know them, are related to them or not, in such a case because the whole country is involved. It is almost a John Donne reference in this case, and I think of this body having intense debate a couple of years ago after the tragedy at Columbine. We discussed--both Republicans and Democrats--the fact that there are a number of different causes--no one magic thing, no one cause that sends a young person out to do such a terrible, almost inexplicable deed; and in each of these instances when they have happened, there is not a common denominator.”