Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, I do agree with my good friend from Oklahoma that our exchanges are civil; and although we have respectable disagreement, the simple fact of the matter is that each of us discharges our responsibilities in a responsible way. Madam Speaker, after exiting the Constitutional Convention in 1787, Benjamin Franklin, when approached, was asked what form of government had been agreed upon; his response: ``A Republic, if you can keep it.'' We come here today to keep it, to not only keep it, but make more perfect that Union which we have all taken an oath to protect, not just for us and our children, but for generations unborn, so that they may know and benefit from the greatest experiment ever known to humankind, the democratic Republic we call the United States of America. To do this, to protect our democracy from enemies foreign and domestic, we must put country over party. Indeed, there have been more than a few times in our history when it was imperative that the partisan give way to the patriotic. This is undoubtedly one of those times and one of those paramount issues. Madam Speaker, I urge a ``yes'' vote on the rule and a ``yes'' vote on the previous question. The material previously referred to by Mr. Cole is as follows: Amendment to House Resolution 650 At the end of the resolution, add the following: Sec. 2.…”