Political Quotes

“I thank my former gubernatorial colleague. There are far too few of us former Governors in this body, and it was my pleasure to serve with the Governor from Florida, who is now the Senator from Florida. It is a very melancholy time for me to rise today to pay my respects and honor and to offer sincerest thanks to a friend who is probably my closest colleague in politics. We have been through a lot together. I lost a couple races as well as winning some. I can tell you, it is not fun. In fact, it is really terrible. I know what it is like. After my last loss, a good friend came up to me and slapped me on the shoulder and said: Well, experience is what you get when you are expecting to get something else. I don't know what that proves, but I have had experience, and I know John has had experience. It hasn't made him bitter. Every time he has had an experience, it has made him better. Last night I had the pleasure of joining him for ceremonies at a Christmas celebration to collect toys for tots in the Marine Corps effort. Now, there was some singing. And the host who heard both of us sing sort of gave me a speaking role and gave John the responsibility to lead the singing. There is no question that I will not try to take his place in the Singing Senators. That is going to be a loss. But there are a lot of other ideas, a lot of other fond memories that come back to me.…”