Political Quotes

“I rise today to remember a very good friend and a wonderful woman whom Senator Lincoln spoke about--and I know others today have--very eloquently on the floor, and that is our good, good friend Ann Richards, the former Texas Governor and treasurer, a woman who had extraordinary abilities. Her intelligence, her tenacity, and her hard work, are well known. But we all know of her sense of humor, her wit, her ability to make us smile. Even when we were trying to struggle through a difficult issue or were upset, she was able to put this in a particular frame that would allow people to in fact smile and laugh while they were trying to work through things together. I was very pleased to have Ann Richards come to Michigan on more than one occasion to be able to help me in my effort at running for office. It was always a wonderful time. People were so excited when I would say that Governor Ann Richards was coming to Michigan. There would be excitement from women young and old, as well as from men. We always drew a great crowd. She always lived up to every expectation, in terms of the way she spoke about life, about what people are concerned about, and a combination of both outrage at those unfair things and things that ought to be changed, coupled with that sense of humor about what we go through in our daily lives, speaking about things that we could all relate to so well, with that wonderful sense of humor.…”