Political Quotes

“I was pleased to join the Senator from Michigan, Senator Levin, in submitting a resolution on the Juneteenth Independence Day. I have heard people ask, ``Why celebrate Juneteenth?'' We have so many holidays and remembrances already--why add more history to the calendar? But of course, Juneteenth is not just about celebrating history. It is about learning from it. Just like the day when the greatest civil rights leader of our time was born or the day when we finally gave African Americans a ballot and a voice, Juneteenth is a day when we can look back on a time when everyday Americans faced the most daunting challenges and the slimmest odds and still persevered. When they said ``we shall overcome,'' and they did. When the hopes held by so many for so long finally led to the victory of freedom over servitude; of independence over enslavement. Juneteenth is a day that allows us to remember that America is still the place where anything is possible. It has been that place in the past, and it can be that place in the future when it comes to the challenges we have yet to meet.…”