Political Quotes

“I listened with interest to the tremendous statement made by the Senator from California, Mrs. Feinstein, earlier today. She has spoken of this issue on other occasions, and we Americans should listen. More than a decade ago the Central Intelligence Agency began detaining and torturing human beings in the name of the war on terrorism. Then employees and contractors of the U.S. Government, paid for by our taxpayers' dollars, abused and degraded, dehumanized people. They stripped them of their basic humanity. But more than stripping them of their basic humanity, they stripped America of its standing in the world as the leader of promoting and protecting human rights. Instead of protecting us as Americans, by their actions they hurt all Americans. President Obama banned torture and cruel treatment when he took office, but only now, because of the courage and conviction of Senator Feinstein and the other members of the Intelligence Committee and their staffs, do we have a full and public accounting of the CIA's actions-- an accounting the American people deserve. The decision to release this historic report, as Senator Feinstein has courageously said, has been difficult, but it was the right and moral thing to do. If something is right and something is moral, no matter how difficult it is, you should do it. Releasing the report demonstrates that America--the America I love--is different.…”