Political Quotes

“unlike many other Members of this body, I never had the great privilege of serving with Ronald Reagan. When President Reagan was elected in 1980, I was raising my four children and running a law practice out of my home in Hinsdale, Illinois. Back then I did not follow world events or political developments like I do now. In those days, it was all I could do to keep up with kids' soccer games, make it to the school board meetings on time, and ensure that I did not miss a court deadline for an important client. This week, like most Americans, I revel in the stories that my colleagues and others who knew him well have recounted about their special moments with our 40th President. Like most Americans, I cannot get enough of Ronald Reagan. What strikes me as I think back through the years of those Reagan times of the 1980s are two very important things. They are the things that he said that touched my life and my interests as a busy mother and a died-in-the-wool Republican. First is what later became known as the Reagan 11th commandment. Ronald Reagan said, and practiced this principle, ``Speak no ill of a fellow Republican.'' Second was the Reagan rule for success: ``There is no limit to the good a man can do in this world if he does not care who gets the credit.'' Mr. Speaker, tonight my thoughts and prayers go out to the Reagan family.”