Political Quotes

“I would ask all colleagues who have not seen it to take a look at that picture of Bill Emerson carrying the stretcher on which resided a Congressman who was shot up in, I believe it was, the 1954 shooting in the House Chamber when several Members were hit. The picture of Bill Emerson in that picture, I think, is representative of what we saw in our association with him in the House as a Member of Congress, because there was Bill Emerson, the lead carrier on that stretcher. He was pointing out the direction in which they should go with that thing. As usual, he was big, he was fearless, he had a lot of courage. Just as he was in his career in Congress, he was right in the middle of things and that represented Bill. Bill was a real fighter, and when he took on a cause, whether he had two people on his side or a majority, it did not make any difference. He believed in the good fight and yet he was also very forgiving.”