Political Quotes

“Madam President, I come to the floor today to pay tribute to a great civil rights leader of our Nation, a woman who was memorialized today at the National Cathedral here in Washington, DC. Of course, I am speaking of Dr. Dorothy Height, who was a tremendous trailblazer, a true heroine of our time, a great leader of the civil rights movement. She had tremendous courage and tremendous determination that allowed women all over our Nation and, in fact, the world to break through irrational limits set by society at large. She was an inspiration to me and I know to the Presiding Officer and to other women who serve in this Chamber and to women leaders in all 50 States. She was the chair and president emerita of the National Council of Negro Women. The council was founded, as we know, by Mary McLeod Bethune when she brought 28 women's organizations together to improve the quality of life for women. Dr. Height embraced that vision and continued her work, her crusade for justice. Through her leadership, she changed our Nation by shining a light on discrimination and injustice, which was all too common in the century that has just ended. And we still find versions and, unfortunately, visions of it here today. She was a member of many other organizations that have come to represent so many good things about America, such as the YWCA.…”