Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, the American flag on our Nation's Capitol is flying at half-mast to honor the life of American hero, Ohio Senator and Colonel John Herschel Glenn, being laid to rest today at Arlington National Cemetery. What a human being, what a patriot, what an American hero, and what a marine whose raw courage was evidenced time and time again. A devoted, faithful husband to his beautiful wife, Annie, and father and grandfather, his life and works keep giving to us and our world. John was a highly decorated war veteran, a Marine Corps colonel who completed 56 combat missions on the Pacific front alone during World War II, and then served in the Korean conflict. He was awarded six Distinguished Flying Crosses and 18 clusters on his Air Medal. At the dawn of the space age, Senator Glenn became the first human being to orbit our planet Earth in 1962 on Friendship 7. Can you imagine his awe as he became the first human to observe planet Earth suspended aloft in the heavens with endless space beyond? In 1974, John Glenn was elected to the U.S. Senate, and undertook many tough missions in his life, but none could have been more piercing than when he was given the weighty task of informing the children of Senator Robert F. Kennedy of that Senator's fateful assassination. John Glenn's life embodies the words ``devotion,'' ``honor,'' ``patriotism,'' and ``bravery.'' He never stopped giving.…”