Political Quotes

“I thank the gentlewoman for yielding and appreciate her calling us together for this Special Order for a very special person. This big picture of John Lewis was just put up here. ``Rest in Power,'' it says. You can't see from the TV, but over here in the front row is a big bouquet of white flowers. It is in a place where John usually sat in the front row of a section that many of the Members of the Congressional Black Caucus held fort, conspired sometimes, plotted, and made progress for the American people. It is appropriate that we have those flowers there where John sat for so many years. Jon Meacham, who is writing a book on John Lewis, told us yesterday on a Caucus call that when John was born, he was born into a garden. He loved to be in the garden. He loved to be with the chicks, as we know, the little chickens, and he loved to see things grow. He loved to see things grow. He lived his life in that way. He loved to see progress grow. He loved to see love and peace grow. He loved to see ideas grow, and he loved to see a more perfect Union grow. Many of our colleagues will have many things to say this evening, and because it is a Special Order, I don't have my usual 1 minute, which is endless, so I will be briefer and save some remarks for another time. But here is what I will say. John has always been about nonviolence. That was his spirit in everything that he did. He was respectful of other views and respectful of other people.…”