Political Quotes

“Groucho Marx used to say that he wouldn't belong to any club that would have him as a member. I get that feeling about the very small club consisting of those who have been awarded the Medal of Honor. Nobody asks to join, the price of admission is too high. Nobody applies, the rules don't permit applications. You get in this select club by doing something that no one would do, or should I say rarely does, and most of the time you pass the test by not surviving it. I dare say that if Bob Kerrey had been offered membership in this club as a volunteer, he would have declined. But membership isn't voluntary. Once you have performed those acts of outstanding courage, of valor, of heroism--above and beyond the call of duty--once you have come through the valley of the shadow of death and into the light--once you have, in the unique circumstances of military combat, saved lives and taken lives and in most instances, given your own life, to qualify for the medal--you are a marked man. Bob Kerrey bears that mark.”