Quotes

"I've never used marijuana and I don't intend to, but it's just one of those things that I think: This war on drugs just hasn't succeeded."  

'"Christian evangelical broadcaster Pat Robertson, in an interview with The New York Times, March 8

 "I can show you $350 billion worth of waste or fraud in our present federal government, and we don't have the gonads to stand up and find some of that to pay for this?" 

'"Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) talking to reporters about not voting for a payroll tax cut unless it's fully paid for, Talking Points Memo, February 16

"I've been in hearings for the last three days. Shit, I think I should get some kind of award going through that crap.…I need a new combat badge for going to Capitol Hill." 

'"Defense Secretary Leon Panetta talking to airmen in Louisiana, quoted in Time, February 17