Political Quotes

“I am here today to celebrate a friend and a statesman, a former Member of the Senate, a marine aviator, a pioneering astronaut, a beloved family man, and an American hero. Today is the 90th birthday of John Herschel Glenn. I was 10 years old when John Glenn observed three sunsets, three sunrises, and the wonder of the universe in just under 5 hours while orbiting the Earth. I was 16 years old when John Glenn presented to me and another couple dozen Eagle Scouts in Mansfield, OH, our Eagle Scout Award, teaching us yet again about community service and community pride. When I was 54, in one of the most memorable moments of my professional life--with John's wife Annie and my wife Connie in the gallery--John Glenn escorted me into this Senate Chamber to be sworn in as a Senator from Ohio. As a grandfather and a father, a husband and a Senator, I continue to be inspired by the example of a life well lived--a life in public service, a life fighting for the public good. Born in Cambridge, OH, 150 miles east of Dayton, where the Wright brothers first figured out how to fly, he attended public school and became an Eagle Scout in New Concord. It was there where he would meet his childhood sweetheart and future wife Annie. As children, they literally shared a playpen. John says: ``She was part of my life from the time of my first memory.'' On April 6, 1943, Annie and John married.…”