Political Quotes

“I am honored, so honored, to say a few words this morning about Judge James Buckley--a statesman; a patriot; a member of the World War II Greatest Generation; a senior Reagan State Department official; a DC Court of Appeals judge; a former Member of this body, the U.S. Senate; a friend; and a shining example of a good, meaningful life lived in full. It is not very often that you get to say happy birthday to your hundred-year-old mentor on the Senate floor, but today, I get to do that to one of my mentors. Judge Buckley has been a mentor and role model to me and so many other people who worked for him or worked with him over the past century. So, Judge, I hope you are watching. I hope some of your family members are watching. I want to wish you a happy hundredth birthday from the U.S. Senate. We have this wonderful card here signed by dozens of U.S. Senators--Republicans, Democrats, Independents--here on the Senate floor on your hundredth birthday, right now. We are going to deliver this to you soon. For those watching, who is this remarkable American statesman? There is a wonderful Wall Street Journal op-ed in this morning's Journal entitled ``Jim Buckley's Century of Service.'' I encourage all of my Senate colleagues to read it. He was from a very large and famous Connecticut family with many prominent brothers and sisters--10 of them. It is quite large. His younger brother was the conservative intellectual William F. Buckley.…”