Political Quotes

“about 15 years ago Tip O'Neill appointed me to the Page Board, and that appointment has been one of the most rewarding responsibilities I have had in the Congress of the United States. We have had great pages in those years, in my 22 years in the Congress, very great pages, and this year's page group is among the very, very best I have known. There is a program in this country called Close-Up, which is a very, very good program, but no one has seen the Congress as close up as have our pages. They have seen us at our best and at our worst; they have seen democracy in action; they have seen our national leaders; they have seen world leaders. They have enriched us, and I hope that they have been enriched by their experience here. About a month ago they had an auction to raise some money, and among the things auctioned off was to have lunch with myself. I was the winner of that auction, because I had lunch today with Andy Brehm, Brian Callanan and Keegan Callanan, and I look at people like them, who are representative of all of the pages, and I really have hope for our future. About sixty years ago Franklin Roosevelt spoke these words, which I think are as true today as they were then. He said, ``There is a strange cycle in human events. To some generations, much is given; of other generations, much is expected.'' This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny, and, knowing you, I know that you will meet the challenges of that rendezvous.”