Political Quotes

“I am proud to support the resolution by the Senator from Illinois, and we will hear from her shortly. I very much appreciate her work. Now, in his famous letter to Lydia Bixby, mother of five sons who all died in the Civil War, President Lincoln prayed that our Heavenly Father would assuage her grief, noting the ``solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of Freedom.'' According to a recent report in the Atlantic, President Trump complained about visiting a World War I military cemetery in France because Americans who died there were ``suckers'' and ``losers.'' Over the past 4 years, President Trump has achieved some remarkable lows in the annals of Presidential conduct and character, but every so often we are jolted by the sheer depravity of his comments. This President's insults about our fallen servicemembers and the nature of military service in general fall into that category--the lowest of the low. There is no greater sacrifice an American can make than to lay down their life for our country, no greater sorrow than the sorrow felt by parents who bury their children wrapped in the American flag.…”