Political Quotes

“Parting is with such sweet sorrow. I have such great respect for this man we call Ken Salazar. The accomplishments and life of Ken Salazar are less known but no less remarkable; in fact, in most instances more remarkable. Kenneth Lee Salazar is a fifth-generation Coloradan and a twelfth-generation American. His family is a remarkable story about what America is all about. His family settled in New Mexico 400 years ago and moved to Colorado's San Luis Valley in the middle of the 19th century, claiming some of the region's first water rights. Ken Salazar grew up farming and ranching the same Colorado land his ancestors had for hundreds of years. This is real rural America, 300 miles from Denver. The ranch did not have electricity until 1982--no telephone, no television. Senator Salazar and his seven brothers and sisters were born to two American patriots.”