Political Quotes

“the clash between ideas, which is evidenced in this amendment, is a difficult one, because there are valid points to be made on each side of that argument. On the side of the Senator from New Mexico is the obvious proposition that it is an important priority for society to provide access to the courts in civil litigation or in civil claims for those who are too poor, who do not have the economic wherewithal, to hire their own lawyers. We, as a society, wish to see that justice is done. We do not wish to deny that justice to people simply on economic grounds, and we know of large numbers of people in many classes who need the kind of assistance which they can get, not solely but frequently, almost alone from an organization like the Legal Services Corporation. On the other side is the argument that lawyers of the governing body of the Legal Services Corporation have misused the money and the authority that they have been given by Congress to bring lawsuits designed primarily to meet social or political ends of those lawyers or of that governing body in which the poor plaintiffs are not much more than nominal parties, to use that money often for political or ideological ends which may clash not only with conservative thought but with any administration, no matter how liberal that administration may be.”