Political Quotes

“Yes, I agree. Now, if I can just make an observation: I think the American people would accept from this administration, from the President, a statement that things have not gone just the way they hoped they would go; that perhaps mistakes have been made. What I think the American people will not accept is a continuation of a failed policy that grows out of an unwillingness or an inability to accept responsibility for mistakes, to admit those mistakes, and to change course. Quite frankly, I believe it takes strength and courage to admit a mistake. What I see from this administration is a stubbornness and an arrogance that is unwilling to admit even one mistake. My friend mentions sending our troops into Iraq without body armor. The war started in March of 2003. It was March 2004, March of this year, before all of our troops were provided with body armor. I ask, how many troops were unnecessarily wounded and how many lost their lives simply because of the incompetence of those at the Pentagon who sent them into battle without this protection?”