Quotes
Former Rep. Nick Smith (R-M17, 1993 -2005)
If Washington takes action sooner rather than later, more options and more time will be available to phase in changes so that the public has adequate time to prepare. (Source: www.battlecreekenquirer.com)
Glenn Beck
We’re giving our freedoms away. The American experiment was about freedom. Freedom to be stupid, freedom to fail, freedom to succeed.
Mark Levin
“The Founding Fathers created a society, and that’s what they created in the Declaration of Independence, founded on natural law, divine providence, God-given natural law, alien rights.”
Herman Cain
“In order to fix Social Security, we must restructure it so we continue to provide for our nation’s seniors that are approaching retirement age, but allow younger taxpayers to invest a portion of their Social Security taxes in private accounts.”
Marco Rubio
“But here’s what I would tell people of my generation. There isn’t going to be Social Security….a Medicare when you retire…There isn’t going to be one if we don’t make some reforms to save that program NOW.”
George Washington
“If, to please the people,we offer what we ourselves disapprove, how can we afterwards defend our work? Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair. The rest is in the hands of God.” (George Washington,…
Abraham Lincoln
“I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.”
Rep. Scott Rigell (R-Va.)
“I’m a businessman turned public servant. It’s irreconcilable what would happen in the private sector in a situation like this. Here we are, we’ve clearly, in the House of Representatives, we have not met, I believe, our fiduciary duty, what’s…
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.)
Eulogizing Col. George “Bud” Day: “Even though Bud had reached advanced years, for some reason I could never imagine Bud yielding to anything. Tough old bird that he was, I always thought that he would outlive us all.”
Rep. Linda Sanchez, D-CA
“Same-sex couples pay into Social Security over the course of their working lives just like other Americans. They should receive the full benefits they have earned.” Rep. Sanchez was commenting in a statement on the Social Security Equality Act of 2013 introduced…