Political Quotes

“Thank you very much. Om, stand here. Not too close to me, Om. When I signal to you, do what I signal. There is one moment in this whole thing, don't mess it up. All right. This may be the first embarrassing poem a U.S. Senator has written and recited on the Senate floor. This is history, people. Here we go. Pages! Young wise, future sages, you have all had access passes to the Senate's back stages. Look at you, hanging out on the Senate floor. You do more than just bring us water or open our doors. You bring life to this August body; You bring the average age down in this place from 90. You remind us of our virile past; a testimony to the truth that youth and hair go so darned fast. You were told to stay silent. Though, on some days, perhaps you wanted to scream, because you went without sleep and, thus, were denied your chance to your own sweet American dream. And yet you witnessed the sausage-making of American truth, debates, partisanship and perhaps--believe it or not--one or two Senators acting a little uncouth. Foreign leader visits and State of the Union speeches, only to have to get up the next morning and pay attention to whatever your teacher teaches. God, you Pages! Out of your comfortable home cages. You jumped into this experience despite all better wisdom and a host of warnings: You signed up for really late nights and some too many early mornings. What were you thinking? You are clearly too young to have been drinking.…”