Political Quotes

“thank you. Senator Roberts, thank you for your comments. I am nervous today, and more nervous now that I have heard you speak, because I am concerned that this may be for the first time in our lives that I have ever spoken longer than you. That makes me nervous. ``I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same.'' These are words spoken by Pat Roberts more than once, but on September 15, 1958, age 22, Pat Roberts joined the Marine Corps, and he has lived by his oath, by his promise to do exactly that every day thereafter and in every job he pursued here in the Congress of the United States, in the House and the Senate. He indicated he served as the chief of staff for Senator Frank Carlson, one of those Kansans who served the U.S. Senate and is so highly regarded even today. He served as the chief of staff for Congressman Keith Sebelius. I met Pat Roberts 50 years ago, in 1969. A few years later, in 1974, I became an intern in the office of Congressman Sebelius. Pat has been my boss for 45 years. When I describe Pat, I tell people our most common conversation is never spoken. It is symbols. Pat does this: Come here; sit down. Every time I tell Pat this, he, in his Jack Benny voice, will say: ``Now cut that out.'' But for 45 years: Come here; sit down.…”