Political Quotes

“Madam President, I am honored to stand and join tributes to Johnny Isakson. A lawyer from Springfield once gave a pretty famous speech, and it was only 275 words long. This speech may be a little longer, but I don't believe a speech has to be eternal to be immortal. So I will try, in just a few words, to say what I feel in my heart this moment as you are preparing to leave the U.S. Senate. Your heart is good, and I know that because I saw something on the floor of the Senate today. Your relationship and your comments about your friend John Lewis were so genuine and so heartfelt, and the fact that you would point to a photograph taken of the two of you embracing one another as one of the signature photographs of your career in public service tells me a lot about you, Johnny Isakson. Our lives have been led along the same path. We know how many changes there have been in America during the course of our lives and how many more we need to be even better in the future. John Lewis was one of the real leaders in our Nation who led us all to look very closely at the issue of race and the issue of civil rights. It was painful, many times unpopular. For his heroic work, he was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and he deserved it more than anyone I can think of. The fact that he counts you as a friend and comes over here for your farewell address and that you would embrace him and announce that to the United States and the world, tells me your heart is good, Johnny Isakson.…”