Political Quotes

“In life we all have changes. They are so difficult to accept. In the last month or so, I have had a lot of changes in my life. One of the changes that has been so troubling for me is that we have lost a friend in the Senate. Ralph Waldo Emerson said: Sorrow makes us all children again. [It] destroys all differences of intellect. The wisest know nothing. The family member we have lost is Mary Arnold. She was such a wonderful, pleasant, thoughtful, kind person. Anyone would recognize her even though they wouldn't know her by name, simply because of her description--beautiful white hair, elegantly dressed every day, a wonderful smile. She never drew attention to herself, but she was so good for the institution. She sat right back here every day we were in session. She was the best when things weren't going so well. She was here for more than two decades. She was the best when things were real tumultuous here on the floor. If somebody wanted an easel for a chart, that was available. She directed the pages as to what they were supposed to do and not do. She always did it with such a pleasantness. I first met Mary Arnold when her daughter worked here. She was a Republican floor person. She, like her mom, had this great, disarming smile. I was not in the city when the funeral took place and was unable to attend, but I saw in the program a picture of the deceased Mary Arnold. She looked exactly like her daughter. Exactly. She could have passed for her daughter.”