Political Quotes

“People from western Indiana I think are representative of all that is best in our country. They are folks that care about their kids, they care about their communities, they care about their country, and in most cases they really do not ask a lot of us, basically for us to leave them alone. They can make decisions for themselves, they will take care of their neighbors, they will reach out the helping hand to those who need it. And in town meeting after town meeting, we heard the same thing, about an appreciation for the fact that their representatives in Congress, though they often differ, stood for the principles that they believed in, and, more than that, were willing to listen to those of differing viewpoints, to try and work together for the good of the country, to posture less and to build policy more, and generally gave positive marks, although they understand that what we did was really a down payment on the future, that there is still much work to be done, but that they supported the direction where we were going.”