[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 5]
[House]
[Pages 6533-6534]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          LIBERTY WILL PREVAIL

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PENCE. Mr. Speaker, today is a solemn day. History awaits America 
tonight, and while I would never question the patriotism of anyone who 
would challenge the wisdom of U.S.

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policy exercising their first amendment rights on this floor or in this 
Nation, I will challenge the wisdom of those who say that we are come 
upon this moment because of diplomatic failure, that we have come upon 
this moment because of a failure on the part of the President to lead 
the world toward consensus.
  Let us be clear, Mr. Speaker, the President did not fail. Diplomacy 
did not fail. The United Nations failed in abdicating its historic 
role, minted in the aftermath of the Second World War, to be a bulwark 
against tyranny in the world. The United Nations failed, but as the 
world awaits our leadership and that of 30 other nations in the 
coalition of the willing, let us be clear, Mr. Speaker. The United 
Nations failed, but liberty will prevail.

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