Pat Robertson Quotes
We don't need a "New Covenant." We need a new Congress.
Robertson, Pat. Address to the Republican National Convention. 19 Aug. 1992.
This is the reason that it is so hard to reform Congress.
This was taken by some as prophesy or what Quakers refer to as “specific fore-seeing.”
At the time of this quotation, Thompson was campaigning for the Republican Presidential Nomination for which he did not make a good showing in the primaries.
The fact that public opinion was initially against the reform measures, he regarded as an opportunity to change their minds. That took time and In 1832, the reform bill was passed.
A trochar was a medical instrument commonly used with cattle when they would become very bloated with gas. The farmer would insert the trochar into the the animal and all the gas would come out with a loud noise. The insult was understood by farmers, ranchers, and rural folk but went over the heads of must city people and journalists.
On the possibility of term limitations on members of Congress:
He made this statement to his party colleagues and they pleaded with him not to issue it as a public statement and he agreed.
Marion Gordon "Pat" Robertson is an American media mogul, televangelist, political commentator, former Republican presidential candidate, and former Southern Baptist minister. Robertson advocates a conservative Christian ideology and is known for his past activities in Republican party politics. He is associated with the Charismatic Movement within Protestant evangelicalism. He serves as chancellor and CEO of Regent University and chairman of the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN). He appears daily on The 700 Club, CBN's flagship television program.
