Adam Schiff Quotations

While our country has made great strides in breaking down the barriers which for so long denied equal opportunity to all Americans, we are not yet the beautiful symphony of brotherhood of Dr. King's dream.

The legacy of the Armenian Genocide is woven into the fabric of America.

America has a critical role to play as the most powerful member of the world community.

Americans are blessed with great plenty; we are a generous people and we have a moral obligation to assist those who are suffering from poverty, disease, war and famine.

The new century has brought on its own terrible dangers, which although not reaching the apocalyptic potential of the Cold War, still have the capacity to shake our world.

Unless action is taken soon - unless we can display the same vision of that earlier period - we will lose the treasure of California's open space and environmental beauty.

Although every step must be taken to protect against a chemical or biological attack in America, our nation would survive the use of those weapons as we did when anthrax was mailed to our Capitol and other targets.

And in this community, as in all others, the Golden Rule still applies - we must be act toward other nations as we would have them act towards America.

If giving points to some students to achieve greater diversity is a quota system in violation of the Constitution, how can the awarding of points to the children of a less diverse alumni be upheld?

Notwithstanding these setbacks, the dream of a beautiful American orchestra goes on, and I share Dr. King's faith that each year we move inexorably closer to a magnificent opening night.

So let us call genocide, genocide. Let us not minimize the deliberate murder of 1.5 million people. Let us have a moral victory that can shine as a light to all nations.

Some argue that recognition of the genocide has become even more problematic now, when the world is at war with terrorism and the United States cannot afford to offend the sensibility of our Turkish ally.

At the very top state institutions, like UCLA, Berkeley and the University of Texas, however, the trend of downward minority enrollment remains persistent and discouraging.

An America that inspires hope in its ideals must complement an America that inspires awe in its strength.

We will not let terrorists change our way of life; we will not live in fear; and we will not undermine the civil liberties that characterize our Democracy.

Democracies are poor breeding grounds for terrorism and war.

Much has changed since the end of the Cold War that augurs well for the survival of our nation.

The prompt assimilation of that intelligence will be essential if we are to avoid another September 11th.

In fact, the converse is true: At a time when the United States has been called on for a level of moral leadership, vision and inspiration not seen since World War II, we cannot afford to dissemble about crimes against humanity.

It is now conventional wisdom that Americans do not care why we went to war in Iraq, that it is enough that the world is better off without Saddam Hussein.

Our failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq thus far has been deeply troubling, and our intelligence-gathering process needs thorough and unbiased investigation.

The war in Iraq has been extremely divisive here at home, and has also divided the world community.

But even race-neutral policies and recruitment efforts designed to achieve greater diversity are, in the end, not race neutral.

Neither the University of Michigan nor its law school uses a quota system.

Unquestionably, the world is better off without Saddam.

We must either reduce the number of our engagements or increase the number of our troops.

But it is equally incontrovertible that if our intelligence gathering process is seriously flawed, we had better find out and find out fast if we are to avoid another Sept. 11.

People want someone whose top priority is local concerns, not national, partisan, ideological crusades,

But a nuclear incident of some kind, on our own soil or against our troops in the field, would fundamentally change America.

If the complaint is accurate, there is a wealth of evidence which makes it all the more surprising he went undiscovered as long as he did, because it was not a very sophisticated operation,

It aims for a critical mass of diversity so that under-represented minority students do not feel isolated or like spokespersons for their race.

is a sacred obligation to ensure our country honors the past; there is no dispute that what happened to the Armenian people constitutes genocide.

Our soldiers are the foundation of the nation's security and they must have the tools they need to defend themselves and this nation.

We believe there's every capability of dealing with this problem in China if the resources are devoted to it, if the Chinese move more towards using the criminal laws aggressively,

It's a huge gap in security, it's a huge problem we've had with our immigration system for many years.

A tremendous number of people come to the country legally, but overstay their visas. And there has to be a far stronger mechanism for being able to track down people, have overstayed their visas, to have a responsibility for who they're coming to visit or stay with.

We still have a problem here in this country of access to airports and airplanes [for terrorists].

I think Hillary Clinton is right. I think it isn't enough to leave [Bashir] Assad in place, because as long as he is there, there is going to be a recruiting magnet for ISIS.

Аt the end of the day, unless Iran and Russia want to have a rump Allawite state and a rump Sunni state, and a Kurdish state, then they're going to have to come to the table and bring about an end to this regime.

I think Barack Obama has the overall right strategy and he's been right to resist bringing in massive numbers of American troops. The Iraqis would love to have Americans die for Iraq and the Syrians would love to have Americans die for Syria.

The Gulf states are happy for us to fight and die. That's good for everybody, but the Americans fighting and dying.

I'm just concerned that as long as this caliphate exists, it provides this magnet for radicalization, and we're likely to see more attacks like we have seen in San Bernardino, Chattanooga and elsewhere, and that's the concern I have over pace.

Terrific. Now to win a larceny trial all we have to do is prove how the universe ends.

Too much under the thumb of the Iranians.

And when they have done their job, America must look after and honor its veterans.

The U. S. trade deficit with China shows that while we value the potential of their market, they value the reality of our market. It is in this area that we should use our leverage.

I would need to see changes in the Iraq governance. Otherwise I don't think strikes are going to have any impact and could be very well counterproductive.

Whether we kept a certain number of troops there or pulled out completely, if we can't get the Maliki government to include a large segment of its population in its security forces and protection, then the small amount of forces that we would have left there might have slowed this day, but they wouldn't have prevented it altogether.

Each year on the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birth, America has the opportunity to reflect on our nation's progress towards the realization of his dream.

The president [Barack Obama] is not willing to send in apaches and spotters if the Iraqis say they don't want them and if it means that these Shia mobilization forces are going to be going after and trying to kill Americans.

Euphemisms, vague terminology or calls for discussions with Turkey to get at the truth are just some of the dodges Congress and the administration have used to avoid Turkish discomfort with its Ottoman past.

I'm concerned the clock is ticking, and the danger to the American people is still very present.

Winning the war on terrorism will also require a level of moral clarity that can provide a vision for struggling people and nations everywhere.

Good thing you're not writing the press release.

We should be worried about protecting the homeland. I think that policy is changing, should change and will change.

Gene Autry was a pioneering star in the early days of music, radio, film, television and rodeo performances. I am proud to posthumously honor such an inspiring role model

If someone is brought in for an interview, for example, and is asked about their views on things, but has posted things that are completely contrary to the interview, frankly I have much more faith in what they posted than what they say during the course of an interview.

That bomb that took down that Russian airliner may have been the size of a soda can. And that bomb killed more people than all the Paris attackers combined. So this is still a grave threat.

We believe that America's military strength is superior in every respect and we are committed to making sure it remains that way.

But the men and women of our armed forces are deserving of our unqualified support.

We wonder how this could happen in the United States of America,

We are a more secure America when we rally the world to our side in a great cause.

Each year on the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birth, America has the opportunity to reflect on our nation's progress towards the realization of his dream.

Development in Ventura, San Fernando and San Gabriel continues at a remarkable pace, and our region now has one of the lowest ratios of park-and-recreation lands per thousand of the population of any area in the nation.

A quarter of a century from now, we hope Angelenos will look back and recognize our time as one in which we provided a vision for the future.

The U.S. trade deficit with China shows that while we value the potential of their market, they value the reality of our market. It is in this area that we should use our leverage.

Everyone recognizes the goal of equal opportunity in all of our institutions. And race-neutral policies that achieve greater diversity are preferable.

The administrative sanctions, I think, have come to be viewed among the pirates as merely the cost of doing business, but they haven't deterred intellectual property theft, they haven't brought that rate of crime down,

It will be for his own personal use when he pursues other avenues in the industry.

Instead of acknowledging this dark chapter of Ottoman history, Turkey has chosen to wage a war of disinformation, revision and outright denial.