Political Quotes

“Madam President, it is really an honor for me to be part of the continuation of the tradition of the U.S. Senate, on George Washington's birthday, to read Washington's Farewell Address. George Washington was born on February 22, 1732. He took the oath of office as President of the United States on April 30, 1789; and 7\1/2\ years later, on September 19, 1796, in his decision not to run for a third term as President of the United States, he delivered his Farewell Address. It is a particular honor for me, as a Senator from Maryland, to participate in this tradition: Maryland, one of the original Colonies that formed the United States; Annapolis, our State capital, where on December 23, 1783, George Washington resigned his military commission, establishing the principle of our civilian government. The first chartered college in the United States was in Maryland, in Chestertown, appropriately named Washington College. And I follow in this tradition with other Maryland Senators, starting with Herbert O'Conor, John Butler, Daniel Brewster, J. Glenn Beall, and Charles Mathias. Mr.…”