Political Quotes

“I thank Mr. Trone for yielding, and I want to thank our distinguished majority leader for sponsoring this special hour devoted to honoring the great Senator Sarbanes. Along with Senator Mikulski, Senator Sarbanes was the first Senator I ever had. And because he served for 30 years in office, he was actually my Senator for most of my life already. He will always be, in my mind, the image of what a Senator is: someone of immense erudition, character, intelligence, and commitment. But I got to know him primarily as the father of my friend and now my colleague, John Sarbanes, whom I have known since law school, and, therefore, I have known him for most of my life as well. I can feel the tremors and the shock of this enormous loss for the people of Maryland. I feel deeply for my friend John and for Dina, and for everyone in the Sarbanes family. I see a lot of his father in John Sarbanes, just to echo what Congressman Brown just said. Paul Sarbanes was a family man who loved, deeply, his children, John, Michael, and Janet, and his big brood of grandchildren. Nothing brought that famous twinkle to his eye more than being in the presence of his beloved kids and grandkids. And, of course, the love story between him and Christine is legendary in our State. Paul Sarbanes was a man of exquisite character who loved public things. He loved public schools, public universities, public parks. He loved public museums.…”