Political Quotes

“I just wanted to say again thank you to everyone, George Shevlin, Paul Vinovich of our staff, Ted Van Der Meid and also to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Jackson) and the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Rogers) for doing this and, of course, to our ranking member. We have had a lot of firsts recently in the short tenure of our ranking member. We have had the African American Museum. We have had the portrait of Mr. Ray, and we are about to embark on some other portraits, and also the first female Member and the first Hispanic Member. I think it is commendable to the House to look at the great diversity of our country. Another thank you tonight. Thank you to Rosa Parks for what she did for this Nation. I just want to close my comments with when I studied African American history, I can remember a quote that I had learned and I used it for years in many events and occasions because it fits in with just about anything you do, whether you are a soldier fighting or somebody struggling for civil rights. It is by Langston Hughes, a great African American poet and author, who said, ``Dream your dreams but be willing to pay the sacrifice to make them come true.'' Rosa Parks was a little woman with a big ball of thunder that day and courage, and she dreamed her dream of an America that cared about all its people in an equal way, and she paid a sacrifice to make that dream come true. Ms. MILLENDER-McDONALD. Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of objection.…”