Political Quotes

“the Scripture tells us that ``the Lord is close to the brokenhearted,'' in Psalm 34:18. I pray those words are true, because we lost a Member of the Senate family today and many of us have lost a dear friend. We are brokenhearted at the news that Senator Kay Hagan passed away at the age of 66. I spoke to her husband Chip a few hours ago, and I told him that from the first moment I met Kay Hagan, she was special. She remained that way every day since. She was an amazing force--never loud but always strong, effective, hard-working, dedicated, principled, and just a kindhearted person. He told me that he and Kay had just had a wonderful weekend, a dinner, a wedding, surrounded by friends and family. She even got to spend some time with Joe Biden, who was in town. Chip said she was just beaming. I take some comfort in knowing that. In fact, it reminded me of how Kay lived her life. She was never one to let the sometimes painful realities of life in politics get her down. I knew Kay for over a decade, as a State senator, a candidate, a brilliant Senator, and a former Senator who returned to private life without an ounce of regret or ill-will. In all that time, I never heard her once--never heard her once-- complain. She was never sour, sarcastic, or dejected. She remained always to her last day a cheerful optimist, a happy warrior.…”