Political Quotes

“Thank you, Senator Rosen. Thank you to my colleagues who joined us today to read these powerful words: Senators Warnock, Tillis, Casey, Capito, Boozman, and Rosen. This is a diverse group on the floor today whose States reflect the vibrant and wonderful diversity of our great Nation, from the Deep South to the Mountain West, to the Industrial Midwest. We represent different places. We may disagree on many things, but we love this country. We know we can do better for the people who make it work. Dr. King and the civil rights leaders of his generation did more than just about anyone to push this country to live up to our founding ideals and to make the dream of America real for everyone. Protesting, working for change, organizing, demanding our country do better--those are some of the most patriotic things all of us can do. That is Dr. King's charge in this letter. My favorite single line certainly in this letter and maybe in all of Dr. King's preachings and teachings and writings: ``Progress never rolls in on [the] wheels of inevitability.'' ``Progress never rolls in on [the] wheels of inevitability.'' It rolls in because we make it so. That is our charge. Think about that campaign Dr. King was waging when he was martyred in Memphis. Think about who he was talking to--a union, Sanitation Workers Local 1613, AFSCME. Think of the circumstances. This was a very segregated Memphis. He was in a segregated, White neighborhood.…”