Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I thank the Senator from New Mexico for his courtesy. I rise in support of this legislation. I intend at some later date to spend additional time on the floor talking about my Uncle Stewart, who was a wonderful man, an uncle to me, but more than that, he was a mentor, he was a leader. In the last 12 years of his life after my father died, he really served as a second father to me; therefore, I feel as though I lost a second father recently. I thank the Senator on behalf of at least my side of the family. I know my cousin Tom will, at the right time and in the right way, express his thanks as well. My uncle was many things, but he was at his heart a student of the West. He was a son of the West. He always looked for the lessons that the landscapes and the people of the West could provide all of us. I know the Senator from New Mexico knows of the many books he wrote. He wrote over half a dozen books. One of the books I took the most insight from was a book called ``The Founding Fathers and Mothers of the West.'' He pointed out in that book that people came to the West-- the Presiding Officer will be interested in this--to find a new life. He continued in that vein by talking about the great western director of western movies, John Ford. He once asked John Ford if his movies portrayed the West as it was. Ford's answer was: No; they portrayed the West as it should have been, doggone it.…”