Political Quotes

“Well, it was actually under the gentlewoman's leadership in terms of the experiences people have which give them special insight into problems, situations, and circumstances. Then, if they can bring those to a place like the Congress and work with other people to put them into action, then we see change. Now, these individuals, who may have been on public assistance, who may have had to live in public housing, who maybe did not have anything to inherit when they came along, now their children or their grandchildren can have a head start, a beginning. It is a concept. It is value-generating. My father is 90 years old, and one of the things he wanted to make sure was that he had something to leave. He has a little piece of land. I have been trying to get him to sell it, to use it. It is down in a place that I am sure nobody in my family wants to go. He refuses to do anything other than leave it, so that when he goes, he can say that he left some inheritance to his children. And, of course, I am pleased to be one of them, which means that I will get a little piece of the rock. But I just want to commend the gentlewoman again.”