Political Quotes

“Madam President, on a cold January morning, less than a year after being elected our Nation's first President, George Washington set out in a carriage drawn by six horses, headed to Federal Hall to fulfill his duty under our new Constitution, which read: The President shall from time to time give to Congress information of the state of the Union. One of the few firsthand accounts of that speech came from Senator Maclay, who said: The President was dressed in second morning, and read his speech well. Not exactly a hot take, but Senator Maclay wasn't one for glowing praise. More than two centuries later, I had the privilege of watching, from a few rows back, as President Biden delivered the State of the Union Address earlier this month. And I must tell you: Joe Biden didn't just ``read his speech well''; he was electrifying. Despite the tremendous challenges we face around the world today, I came away feeling optimistic about our Nation's future, and as chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, I came away strongly supportive of many of the administration's foreign policy priorities. To appreciate what this President has accomplished, we need to remember where he started. We need to remember the uncertainty and isolation of the COVID pandemic--a pandemic that experts estimate killed almost 30 million people worldwide.…”