Political Quotes

“today it is a great honor for me to join in this tribute to a remarkable man who has established a remarkable career, Senator Strom Thurmond. Senator Thurmond has served America as a teacher, as an athletic coach, an attorney, a judge, an Army officer, a war hero, a State senator, a Governor, a Presidential candidate, a U.S. Senator, and, perhaps most importantly, a father and husband. What an honor it is to serve with Senator Thurmond in the U.S. Senate. I mentioned his role as father and husband. Mr. President, I am sure you have seen also, on those occasions when we are all together with our family members, the wonderful pride that you see in the eyes of Strom Thurmond when he introduces his children to us, when he talks about some of the great accomplishments of his children, and the twinkle in his eye when he talks about his family. While serving, Mr. President, in a variety of these capacities, it was as a circuit judge when war with Germany broke out. As a judge, Mr. President, he was exempt from military service. But Strom Thurmond, as soon as war was declared with Germany, traded in that robe for the uniform of the U.S. military.”