Les Aspin famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

There's a certain amount of sympathy here for the Bush administration's problem, which is they would like to get rid of Saddam Hussein and they would like to have the Kurds autonomous.
-- Les Aspin

#Sympathy #Hussein #Administration
We should have done more damage to the Iraqi forces before they withdrew from the Kuwaiti theater.
-- Les Aspin

#Done #Damage #Should
Long-term, we must figure out a way that the Kurdish territory within Iraq operates with a certain amount of autonomy so that they feel comfortable and safe going back.
-- Les Aspin

#Iraq #Long #Safe
We ought to be providing protective sanctuaries for the Kurdish rebels. That means finding some places where they can come and to which we will then be able to provide food and water and medical help.
-- Les Aspin

#Mean #Water #Rebel
If you give Congress a chance to vote on both sides of an issue, it will always do it.
-- Les Aspin

#Humorous #Issues #Giving

I would rather be kept alive in the efficient if cold altruism of a large hospital than expire in a gush of warm sympathy in a small one.
A heart at leisure from itself, To soothe and sympathise
To sum up, the position we took was that since we didn't know the internal situation in Iraq nor Saddam Hussein, that our best bet was to take counsel from the people who did know him and who did deal with him.
There is no question that Iraq possesses biological and chemical weapons and that he [Saddam Hussein] seeks to acquire additional weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear weapons. That is not in debate. I also agree with President Bush that Saddam Hussein is a threat to peace and must be disarmed, to quote President Bush directly.
The Chinese, the Russians, the Nazis and Saddam Hussein all agree! Gun Control Works!
Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction.
You know, Democratic and Republican administrations alike have supported individuals and regimes that have slaughtered millions across the globe. And they need to be held accountable for that.
The constitution of human nature" teaches us not to expect "that the persons, entrusted with the administration of the affairs of the particular members of a confederacy, will at all times be ready, with perfect good humor, and an unbiased regard to the public weal, to execute the resolutions of decrees of the general authority." "This tendency is not difficult to be accounted for," Publius argues, "It has its origin in the love of power.
REVOLUTION, n. In politics, an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment. . . . the substitution of the rule of an Administration for that of a Ministry, whereby the welfare and happiness of the people were advanced a full half-inch.
I'm in a situation with this girl that's as hopeless as overthrowing the Bush administration.

Les Aspin famous quotes

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