Political Quotes

“As we bring this Special Order to a close, I again highlight the fact that the celebration of Black history is not a celebration of just a few individuals who did some notable things. Black history is about celebrating the faith that an entire people, an entire culture had and the potential of what this Nation could be: A faith that was unshakable. A faith in their God. A faith in this Nation. A faith that America could be America for them, too. They held on to this. We still hold to it. Through the darkest days of this country, when Black people could literally only hold onto the security and four walls of a church, where they could sing hymns like ``I Will Trust in the Lord'' or ``Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior'' or ``Take My Hand, Precious Lord.'' Precious Lord, take my hand Lead me on, let me stand I am tired, I'm weak, I am worn Through the storm, through the night Lead me on to the light. That is where we come from. I stand here before you just three generational lines removed from slavery, and I know that sounds crazy. That is how close we are from where we came from. The faith that my great-grandparents had at that same generational line, where we had people born in my family into slavery, to come just three generations, it is that same faith that leads me here.…”