Political Quotes

“I commend the Senator for also going to the side of the widow and the family immediately following the news of this loss. Mr. President, I did have the privilege of knowing his father in my brief service in the Marine Corps during the Korean war period and during the course of a number of years thereafter in the Reserves. But two words really describe the father, oddly enough. He was awesome, but he was a man with noted humility. He was one of the highest decorated Marines in recent times. I often hoped that did not urge his son to try to live up to that father's standard. But who knows? I read his book, the 'Fortunate Son.' It is a very moving revelation of a son's love for his father. Time and time again, even when he was in the Marines as a young lieutenant and in the presence of his father, there was this great love between these two men. And it sustained the young Puller during his arduous days in Vietnam, as did his wife who was by his side during that critical period.”