Political Quotes

“it has been my honor and pleasure to participate in the Congress to Campus program on three separate occasions. I have visited California State University at Monterey Bay, the University of Georgia and Florida State University, and, as President Frey pointed out in his remarks, these were all on a bipartisan basis. At all three campuses I found students who were eager to learn more about their government. In political science classes, we talked about careers in public service and the personal rewards to be gained from a life of service. I recall well at a Florida State University law class my colleague from Michigan, Bill Ford, a former committee chairman, providing a lengthy but nevertheless fascinating lecture on the development of legislative intent for later interpretation by the courts. At the University of Georgia, my Democratic colleague and I engaged in a very spirited debate over the future of Social Security, a rather perfect lesson of how adversaries can argue with conviction and passion, and yet remain friends.”