Political Quotes

“Madam President, 260 years ago, a young nobleman from Poland and a military officer helped lead a rebellion against what he and many others saw as a Russian puppet King in what was known as the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. He was driven into exile in France, where Lafayette and Benjamin Franklin urged him to go to America to join in the fight, the Revolutionary War. That young Polish nobleman's name was Casimir Pulaski. When he arrived in America, he wrote to General George Washington and said to him: I came here, where freedom is being defended, to serve it, and to live or die by it. Pulaski was at Washington's side and is credited with saving George Washington's life at the Battle of Brandywine. He is remembered fondly as the Father of the American Calvary. Pulaski died at age 34 in the fight for freedom and independence in America. Today is Casimir Pulaski Day, which we know full well in Illinois, where it is a State holiday. Today, however, we look at the world and realize that freedom is being defended in Ukraine. And today, we seek Casimir Pulaski's spirit and fierce commitment to freedom and human dignity in a historic young Ukrainian President and in Ukrainian men and women who are fighting to save their Nation from another would-be Russian czar. I have been in Congress for a few years. Over the weekend, I had an experience unique to my service in Congress.…”