Political Quotes

“this Nation lost one of its great leaders when Morris K. Udall passed away on December 12, 1998. I was lucky enough to serve with Mo for ten years in the House of Representatives. He was an inspiration to me when I first came to Congress, an able representative of the people of Arizona, and an accomplished leader for our nation. Mo Udall served the people of the Second District of Arizona for 30 years. I want to thank the citizens of Arizona's Second District for blessing our entire nation with a Congressman whose dedication and service represented the voices of millions of Americans throughout our nation. I want to thank them for electing Mo Udall in 1961, and for continuing to do so in each of the 15 elections that followed. The Second District of Arizona shared with the entire nation a leader who truly improved our cultural and natural heritage. Mo Udall was a visionary. He came to Congress in 1961 and put that vision into action. As Chairman of the House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee from 1977 to 1991, Mo was responsible for some of our most progressive environmental accomplishments--designating millions of acres of federal lands as wilderness, banning development on millions of acres in Alaska, and reforming strip mining and nuclear waste management. His conservation ethic is what I, and so many others, respected about him most. But there was more to him than that. He was widely regarded for his sharp wit and keen intellect.…”