Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I think it would be very difficult to be the Secretary of Defense and have 435 junior Secretary of Defenses over here telling you what to do in every instance. In this particular instance all we are really trying to do is give some latitude to the Secretary, to give him the right to make a determination after he studies this and ask the question, is this the proper and correct thing to do? I cannot see where anyone would want to oppose this. This is eminently fair to the gentleman over there. If we continue to put fences on him, we put hobbles on his legs and handcuffs on his arms, and I do not know how he can run the organization over there that way. Mr. Chairman, I think this is an excellent amendment, and I support it.”