Political Quotes

“on behalf of the people of Georgia, the United States of America, and the 99 Members of the Senate, I want to pause to pay tribute to the family of Dan Inouye. When a great football coach passes away and players are interviewed and asked what kind of coach he was, they will say he was a player's coach. When great generals are lost and the people who go to the funeral ask what kind of general he was, they say he was a soldier's general. I am here to pay tribute to a Senator's Senator. He was a great role model for me. He came here when Hawaii first became a State, and he was here ever since. He influenced the lives of not a few but of many. I got an e-mail from Mike Mattingly, a U.S. Senator who was elected in 1980. He said: Please remember when you are on the floor of the U.S. Senate to express the love and affection my wife Leslie and I have for a great American, Dan Inouye. I share that same affection. I know I owe a lot of whatever success I have had in the Senate to learning from his patience, guidance, temperament, and also his determination. Yesterday, I was told his last word was aloha, but we have to remember that was always the first word we heard from Dan Inouye as well because he meant it in a welcoming, friendly way. I want to follow up on what Senator Alexander said earlier. I too was at the Prayer Breakfast when Dan Inouye was there.…”