Political Quotes

“many of us over these last 10 days have been transfixed, spellbound--you could use a variety of different adjectives to describe our wonderment--at the performance of athletes around the world as they compete in Lillehammer in Norway, watching the winter Olympics. This evening I suspect millions of Americans and others around the world will be watching the figure skating for a variety of reasons, not necessarily because they wish to watch figure skating, but we have all been moved by the competition of our athletes. We are impressed with those who compete but not necessarily who are able to win a medal at the winter Olympics. We will have a wonderful event in Atlanta, GA, when the world comes to the United States to compete in the summer Olympics in 1996. It is that spirit, I suppose, of striving, the tremendous dedication, the work, the desire that moves all of us to watch these young people from around the globe spend 2 weeks with each other in the spirit of the Olympic games. We learned that this spirit of striving can be equally noble, whether it leads to a gold medal or even a last-place finish. In fact, sometimes we are moved more just by the effort of an individual rather than the particular moment of glory and victory. Mr. President, I am very proud to tell my colleagues that next year, Connecticut will host a similar exhibition of the human spirit. These are the world summer games of the Special Olympics.”