In June 1999 Cockfighting “This isn't approximately cockfighting. It’s concerning the right position of the government… . John Locke, Montesquieu, and Patrick Henry may have stated to go away policing chickens to nation and native governments, and that i do, too. ” —Zell Miller (senator from Georgia, 2000–05), opposing Congressional laws to prohibit the shipping of stay chickens throughout country strains for cockfighting Cockpit safety “Just maintain the cockpit door closed. you could post an indication in Arab—that is, say, typecasting—but say, ‘Try to hijack, visit reformatory. ’” —Ernest Hollings (senator from South Carolina, 1966–2005) Commonalities “Like many people, I grew up in a small city in North Carolina. ” —John Edwards (2004 presidential candidate), in a speech to the California Democratic occasion conference in 2002 desktops “I’m no longer a professional on desktops. ” —Al Gore (vice president, 1993–2001), requested how his subpoenaed White condo e-mails obtained misplaced accomplice Heroes “I wish humans to work out that if I’ll visit Robert E. Lee’s tomb, I’ll move wherever. i ponder how it will play in Harlem. ” —Al Sharpton (2004 presidential candidate) Congress “Making Congress glance even sillier than it occasionally seems to be wouldn't be excessive on my precedence record. ” —Barney Frank (representative from Massachusetts, 1981–), at the selection to interchange “French fries” with “freedom fries” in the home cafeteria Congressmen “I’ve had a tricky time studying to be a congressman. at the present time I by chance spent a few of my very own funds. ” —Joseph Kennedy II (representative from Massachusetts, 1987–99) Consistency “The place I’m taking now's a spread, no longer a reversal. ” —Dennis Kucinich (2004 presidential candidate), explaining his replaced place on abortion, from pro-life to pro-choice Co-Presidency “I’m not likely to have a few journalists pawing via our papers. we're the president. ” —Hillary Rodham Clinton (first girl, 1993–2001), discussing the potential liberate of Whitewater-scandal files realization “In our soul’s beauty, we turn into aware of the cosmos inside of us. We listen the song of peace, we pay attention the tune of cooperation, we pay attention the track of affection. In our soul’s forgetting, we turn into subconscious of our cosmic birthright, blighted with disharmony, disunity, torn asunder from the celebs in a catastrophe. ” —Dennis Kucinich (2004 presidential candidate) structure “Due to a small yet major clause within the U. S. structure, i'll be out of the workplace from January 21, 2001, until eventually January 20, 2005. ” —Michael Feldman (adviser to vice chairman Gore), on his White apartment voice-mail message Crack “This invoice is the legislative an identical of crack. It yields a momentary excessive yet does long term harm to the approach, and it’s pricey as well. ” —Barney Frank (representative from Massachusetts, 1981–) Dairy Farming “I’m very conversant in the significance of dairy farming in Wisconsin. I’ve spent the evening on a dairy farm right here in Wisconsin.