Political Quotes

“I recall when a number of us went down a few days ago to the memorial service in South Carolina, I thought one of the great parts of the eulogy when Floyd's doctor who did the double lung transplant read the nurses' notes that were transcribed the day that Floyd got married, shortly after the operation. He read the nurses' notes saying, ``It appears now people are filing into the hospital room for a marriage.'' She seemed to be somewhat surprised by that, and later on it said in fact the marriage ceremony had taken place; and she concluded, ``The patient has tolerated the marriage well so far.'' I thought that was a great remark and reflection on Floyd Spence's life because Floyd Spence tolerated a lot of things well. He tolerated discord and disharmony and tough times and times when it seemed like all of political opinion was going against you very well. But he was a man of steel. It has been mentioned he was a man of great civility. He also had literally an absolute iron backbone.”