Political Quotes

“today I rise to pay my respect to former President Richard Nixon. With his passing, his party lost a great leader. Our country lost a great President. And the world lost a great statesman. Each life is a mosaic of hills and valleys, of ups and downs. And Richard Nixon knew these extremes with exquisite definition. He stated as an inspiration to all who stumble and make mistakes and must struggle back. Today I would like to make specific reference to his contributions as a statesman. He opened China to the West. He eased the tensions in the cold war and paved the way for the ultimate demise of communism. Each day we enjoy our freedom, each day we are not engaged in war and each day, as we as legislators make decisions, some of them wrong ones from which we need to recover, we are indebted to Richard Nixon for his enormous contributions as statesman and for his example.”