Political Quotes

“I take this 5 minutes to talk about an historical trend in this country that ties together those who have come before us in the past and those who are serving today, and I speak about the long gray line and those individuals who have served at West Point. Many of us know that West Point celebrated its 200th anniversary last year, 200th anniversary of creating leaders of character to serve in our Nation and that commitment by this country to have a professional military institution that helps train leaders of character to lead our young men and women into battle but also understands how to deal with the current civil military operations that are occurring is a great credit to this country and one that we need to remember. Many of us know the great names of Lee and Grant and Eisenhower and Patton, MacArthur, those who have gone there before, but I want to brag, if I may, about my classmates, graduates of the class of 1980 who are serving so admirably currently now in Iraq.”