Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend from Texas for coordinating this opportunity to stand in solidarity on the House floor and memorialize a dear family friend and my former boss, George Herbert Walker Bush, our 41st President. President Bush was a great sportsman, a man of warm and goofy humor, and a man who in every instance put himself in the position of serving others. He was willing to enlist and became the Navy's youngest aviator. A brave aviator, indeed, he was, flying some 58 combat missions. But at every stage of his life until he passed on to be with Barbara and Robin on November 30 at the age of 94, Bush 41 continued to put himself in the position of serving others. That is his legacy, helping spread a thousand points of light--American helping American, Americans helping the less fortunate, Americans reaching out across the ocean to help those in time of need. As I noted, he was a great sportsman. He loved speed, fast boats like the Fidelity, fast planes like his Avenger Barbara III. He was said to be Grumman's best customer after losing three planes as a naval aviator. Even in sports that were known for being relaxing, Mr. Speaker, he made them fast: 18 holes of ready golf, or cart polo, as it was referred to, in minutes, not hours; supercompetitive doubles tennis and fishing. He always loved fishing--that is, when he wasn't skydiving.…”