Political Quotes

“I rise today to honor the selfless and dedicated life of Thomas S. Monson, the 16th president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. After nearly seven decades of church leadership and service, President Monson passed away on Tuesday evening. Millions of members of the LDS Church around the globe mourn his passing as we celebrate his life. There is much that can be said about what President Monson taught us from the pulpit. There is much more to be learned about what he did when he wasn't speaking--the sick whom he visited, the weary he sustained, the jobless he aided, and the homeless he sheltered. A reoccurring theme throughout his life and his ministry was ``the rescue.'' He spoke movingly of a painting he had seen in a gallery in England that featured, as he described it, ``heavy-laden black clouds and the fury of a turbulent sea portending danger and death. A life from a stranded vessel gleaming far off. In the foreground, tossed high by incoming waves of foaming water, a large lifeboat, men pulling mightily on the oars plunging into the tempest. On the shore stands a wife and two children, wet with rain and whipped by wind. They gaze anxiously seaward.'' ``In my mind,'' President Monson said, ``I abbreviated the name of the painting. To me, it became ``To the Rescue.'' Throughout his life, President Monson went to the rescue of those in need. He possessed a genuine love for those who were sad, downtrodden, and less fortunate.…”