Political Quotes

“last Wednesday, the Senate lost one of its Members, our friend and colleague Bob Bennett. He passed away at his home in Arlington, VA. There is a whole lot I can say about Bob Bennett. He was my friend. Landra and I were close to him and his lovely wife Joyce. As Senator McConnell said, he was a three-term Senator. He was a scholar, author, and celebrated businessman. He took over this company, Franklin Quest-- those little books that were so popular a number of years ago. It had four employees. Within 7 years, that company had 1,000 employees, and its income was $100 million a year. Some of you will remember the little Franklin day planner we all had because of Senator Bennett. When I think of Senator Bennett, courage comes to mind. He was one of the most courageous Senators with whom I served. He was a conservative Republican from a conservative State, Utah. A majority of the time he voted that way. But Bob also firmly believed neither political party nor their differing ideologies had a monopoly on good governance, and he spoke about this openly. This is what he said during his farewell speech on the Senate floor: The Democrats are the party of government. Going back to their roots with Franklin Roosevelt, they come to the conclusion that if there is a problem, government should solve that problem. The Republicans are the party of free markets, and they come to the conclusion that if there is a problem, it should be left to the markets to solve it.…”