Tom Lantos Quotes

Tom Lantos offers a solemn tribute, urging silence to honor fallen colleagues and human rights.

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1. Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask for a moment of silence here in this chamber to remember our fallen colleague, my predecessor representing the San Francisco Peninsula in Congress, Leo Ryan, and to honor his work for justice and human rights.

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4. Biography and voting record at Project Vote Smart

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6. Despite its enormous power and wealth, China's ruling elite remains absolutely petrified that the free flow of information will undermine its political legitimacy, particularly among China's younger generation.

7. Hezbollah's contempt for human suffering is total, as it showed once again this morning when its rockets murdered two Israeli Arab children in Nazareth.

8. Insurgents have capitalized on popular resentment and anger towards the United States and the Iraqi government to build their own political, financial and military support, and the faith of Iraqi citizens in their new government has been severely undermined.

9. The leader of Iran made one of the most repugnant remarks the international community has heard since Adolf Hitler.

10. 40 percent of North Korean children suffer from stunted growth. 20 percent are underweight.

11. The Lord gave us Ten Commandments, but the bill before the House today gives us 39.

12. The patience of the American public with dilatory diplomatic delays will be very limited.

13. We are optimistic, but we are optimistic in a cautious fashion.

14. Let me start with Yahoo. As we meet today, a Chinese citizen who had the courage to speak his mind on the Internet is in prison because Yahoo chose to share his name and address with the Chinese Government.

15. On July 18, we will mark the 12th anniversary of the senseless loss of 85 lives in the bombing of the Jewish Cultural Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

16. The Chinese leadership hoped that the world would soon forget the Tiananmen Square massacre. Our job in Congress is to ensure that we never forget those who lost their lives in Tiananmen Square that day or the pro-democracy cause for which they fought.

17. A stable Iraq at peace with its neighbors will remain elusive until we improve both the security and the economic environment in Iraq.