Political Quotes

“I wish the people I work with in the Senate knew my father. My father was named Harry Reid, the same name I have. I always looked up to my dad. My dad was uneducated. He didn't graduate from eighth grade, but he was very smart. My father read a lot and he could do things people in college could not do. For example, he was a miner and he could go underground with a compass, come above ground and do a map. People in college cannot do that. He could do underground mapping. He was a carpenter. He could completely overhaul an engine, a valve job, the whole works. He was a blacksmith, hit tempered steel, all that kind of stuff. And he was a much bigger man than I. I always admired his physical strength. He could put a 50-gallon drum full of water or gas, whatever, in the back of a truck by himself. The reason I mention Harry Reid tonight, my father, is last night my 15th grandchild was born, a little boy. As I said, I have 15 grandchildren now. The reason I mention my father is because my son told me, this morning, that they have named my grandson after me. So I have a little grandson named Harry Reid. I hope, as the years go by, that little boy will look at his grandfather in the same way that I looked at my dad. I am proud of the name Harry Reid. I even sign my ``H'' like my dad did. My dad said once he saw on a window an ``H'' like that, like I sign my name. So that is the way children are in looking up to their parents and grandparents.”