Political Quotes

“I appreciate the comments of the Senator who preceded me. We are heading into a territory where we have never been before. In Washington you get to get your Sunday funnies on Saturday, so I took a little peek at ``Dilbert'' today. I hope everybody will look at that because it emphasizes the problem. ``Dilbert'' says: I am preparing for the complete meltdown of our financial system. I've got six months of food and water. I have batteries and flashlights and gold coins. The lady with the triangular hair says: I'm prepared too. I have your home address and I noticed that your preparations are light on defensive weaponry. And she says: Could you add some protein bars to the shopping list? I want to share with you a letter from a 10-year-old in Wyoming that made our statewide newspaper. He wrote: What does the Government think of me? . . . They think I'm not so smart because I'm too young to know what they're doing, like raising the national debt. Don't they know that I owe the country about $45,000. I'm only 10 years old. I could buy a lot with $45,000. . . . That's more than my dad earns. But it wouldn't buy everything. Government shouldn't try to buy everything. It is my job, and the people's job to buy things we need. I don't want the Government to think for me. They don't know I'm a little brother who doesn't like it when my big brothers tell me what to do, because they aren't always responsible for their own things.…”