Political Quotes

“New York and the Nation lost a most distinguished attorney, jurist, and public servant with the death on March 3 of the Honorable Vincent L. Broderick. Judge Broderick, or Vince as he was known to family and friends, was born in 1920 into a family with a long tradition of public service. His father, Joseph A. Broderick, was Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt's superintendent of banks, and was later appointed by President Roosevelt to the Federal Reserve Board. His uncle, James Lyons, served as Bronx borough president for 20 years. I might add that this tradition continues among other members of the family: Judge Broderick's nephew, Christopher Finn, who was my administrative assistant here in the Senate from 1987 to 1989, is now executive vice president of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation. As a young man, Vincent Broderick was a leader of the Young Democrats in the late 1940's. He was active in the presidential campaign of Robert F. Kennedy, and, after the assassination in 1968, in the campaign of Hubert Humphrey.”