Political Quotes

“I first want to say how indebted I am to the gentleman from South Carolina [Mr. Clyburn]. After I organized this special order it became necessary for me to leave the House, and on very short notice he was willing to conduct this special order. He is a most appropriate gentleman to conduct it, and I very much thank him for the grace and skill with which he has done just that. Mr. Speaker, I am not sure that the best way to celebrate your 86th birthday is listening to a bunch of Members of Congress, but leave it to Arnold Aronson, always at work, to spend his 86th birthday just that way. Now, you know there is a cliche about unsung heroes. But in a very real sense Arnold Aronson gives that phrase new meaning largely because he never sought the credit and the praise that is rightfully his in a movement where people are not exactly shy in stepping forward to claim credit. It is not every good man who is honored on his 86th birthday. It is certainly not every good man that brings Members of the House for a special order of indebtedness to his work. But Arnold Aronson deserves that, and he deserves more, and the fact is that he will probably not get a lot more. He will probably not get a lot more because in a real sense he has lived a life in which he has not sought a lot more.”