Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I rise today to express my support for House Resolution 1525, honoring the 50th anniversary of the publication of To Kill A Mockingbird, a classic American novel authored by Nelle Harper Lee of Monroeville, Alabama. I would also like to commend my colleague, Representative Jo Bonner and all of the cosponsors of this legislation. Your support for H. Res. 1525 ensures that our nation continues to recognize the importance of this landmark novel which examines both race relations and the human condition in the United States. In 1960 Nelle Harper Lee published To Kill A Mockingbird, a novel that would soon transform the character of our nation and play a major influence in the discussion of race relations. Her novel focused on a small, rural Alabama town riveted by prejudice. Her novel served as a commentary on the tense and unequal relations between blacks and whites in the South. As a Representative for the state of Georgia I am constantly aware of the history of the state that I represent. I recognize that prior to the Civil Rights Movement the conditions in my district were similar to those described in Harper Lee's novel. I also recognize that her novel served as a catalyst for the national conversation on racial injustice during the Civil Rights Movement. Harper Lee produced a controversial novel during the height of racial tension in the 1960s, and for that she deserves to be commended and her work should be forever praised, studied, and read by all.…”