Actual Quotes by Indicted Republican House Leader Tom DeLay

1) "So many minority youths had volunteered that there was literally no room for patriotic folks like myself." -- DeLay, explaining why he did not serve in the Vietnam War

2) "Now tell me the truth, boys, is this kind of fun?" -- Delay, to 3 young hurricane evacuees from New Orleans at the Astrodome in Houston, Sept. 9, 2005

3) "I AM the federal government." --DeLay, to the owner of Ruth's Chris Steak House, on why he should have been allowed to smoke a cigar, despite federal regulations banning smoking, May 14, 2003

4) "We're no longer a superpower. We're a super-duper power." -- DeLay, explaining why America must topple Saddam Hussein in 2002 interview with Fox News

5) "Nothing is more important in the face of a war than cutting taxes." -- DeLay, March 12, 2003

6) "Guns have little or nothing to do with juvenile violence. The causes of youth violence are working parents who put their kids into daycare, the teaching of evolution in the schools, & working mothers who take birth control pills." -- DeLay, on causes of the Columbine High School massacre, 1999

7) "A woman can take care of the family. It takes a man to provide structure! . To provide stability. Not that a woman can't provide stability, I'm not saying that. It does take a father, though." -- DeLay, radio interview, Feb 10, 2004

8) "I don't believe there is a separation of church & state. I think the Constitution is very clear. The only separation is that there will not be a government church." -- DeLay

9) "Emotional appeals about working families trying to get by on $4.25 an hour [the minimum wage in 1996] are hard to resist. Fortunately, such families do not exist." --DeLay, during a debate in Congress on increasing the minimum wage, April 23, 1996

10) "I am not a federal employee. I am a constitutional officer. My job is the Constitution of the United States, I am not a government employee. I am in the Constitution." -- DeLay, in a CNN interview, Dec 19, 1995

SOURCES:, see The People's Republic of Seabrook TX http://intellectualize.org/