Eleanor Holmes Norton Quote

Unidentified Congressman: Will the gentleman yield?
Norton: I will not yield, sir! The District of Columbia has spent two hundred and six years yielding!


During a speech before the U.S. Congress, April 19, 2007


Unidentified Congressman: Will the gentleman yield? Norton: I will not yield, sir! The District of Columbia has spent two hundred and six years...

Unidentified Congressman: Will the gentleman yield? Norton: I will not yield, sir! The District of Columbia has spent two hundred and six years...

Unidentified Congressman: Will the gentleman yield? Norton: I will not yield, sir! The District of Columbia has spent two hundred and six years...

Unidentified Congressman: Will the gentleman yield? Norton: I will not yield, sir! The District of Columbia has spent two hundred and six years...