Political Quotes

“Mr. President, the State of my birth, the State I am honored to represent in the Senate, the great State of Michigan celebrates its 175th birthday today. This landmark occasion is cause to reflect on Michigan's contributions to the greatness of our nation. Michigan has never failed to excite imaginations. The great Civil War historian Bruce Catton, a Michigan native, once wrote that Michigan has always been less about the present than about our voyage to the future, ``to the fantastic reality that must lie beyond the mists.'' From the first European explorers who yearned to learn what they would find on the far lakeshore or around the next river bend, to the scientists and engineers who today are charting the technologies that will define our world for decades to come, Michigan has always helped to answer America's burning question: What comes next? To a large degree, that voyage of discovery has always been about the growth of America's economy and the prosperity of her people. The lumber that built great cities in New York and Chicago came from our forests. The ores that fed the Industrial Revolution came from our Copper Country and Iron Mountains. The cars that put the world on wheels, and helped build America's middle class, came from our factories--as did the bombers and tanks that helped win World War II.…”