Political Quotes

“today I wish to honor and pay tribute to our men and women who serve this country every day as America's peace officers. This week is National Police Week. Back in 1962, President Kennedy designated May 15 as Peace Officers Memorial Day. This is the day we take pause and thank those peace officers who help us every day to keep our families safe, and keep our streets safe, and keep law and order so that we can live the lives we live in the United States of America. Our law officers wake up every morning and put on a uniform to show us they are with us. It is a symbol they wear proudly and we look up to. They are here to protect our communities, our families, and, in fact, every one of us. That is a tall order. They frequently place themselves in dangerous situations. Every day perhaps a wife, perhaps a child, perhaps a mother or whoever is in their family watches them walk out the door and wonders: Will they return safely? Few among us know what that is--what it is to make a life-and-death decision, to put your life on the line every day as you are working on behalf of the people of your community and the people of your country. Today is also a day where we pay tribute to those officers who have made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty, those men and women who swore an oath to serve and protect their communities and, in the course of doing so, lost their lives.…”