Political Quotes

“On December 5, 1992, President-elect William Clinton resigned his position as Governor of Arkansas. On that date, of course, he was assured of another job, after having remained as Governor through at least the full year in which he devoted very little time and attention to that governorship. On this day, May 15, 1996, Senator Robert Dole announced his resignation not only as majority leader of the U.S. Senate, but as senior Senator from the State of Kansas. Mr. President, I cannot think of any two facts taken in juxtaposition which illustrate better the respective characters of the two candidates for President of the United States, any statement of fact that can better illustrate the different direction in which Robert Dole will take the United States as President. So, for him, while some have characterized his action as principled, others as unprecedented, the word that comes most quickly to my mind is principles, the same kind of principles which have actuated his entire life--his childhood, his military service, his recovery from a terribly debilitating injury--and his entire political career.”