Political Quotes

“I would note that the usual degree of panic has been expressed by the local governments and media and so on because they had, I think 2, maybe even 3 inches of snow--something we refer to as a dusting back home, unless it happens in July. I have heard a lot of stories, even editorials, saying the weather is terrible here. I think one might justifiably ask the local governments if they could take a day or so to actually teach people how to remove snow. It is absolutely ridiculous. I will not go into the usual bit about people who come barreling down the road, thinking they can stop on ice or snow, because that is obvious, and they have the car repair bills to prove it. I will not comment upon the District of Columbia using an outmoded way of repaving their streets. Something that has been turned down by every other city in the country is used here because, I guess, of a historic affinity for potholes. I think the only way I could compliment those who are supposed to keep our streets clean is to say that they are very religious people. They have an abiding faith--faith that if God put the snow there, God and God alone will take it away. Because, God knows, they are not going to.”