Political Quotes

“I stand here, and I say, on the shoulders of the great Congressman Louis Stokes of the 11th Congressional District of Ohio. I stand here bringing this special order, part of the tradition he began here in Congress. There are not many people who will retire from Congress that have a street named after them, a college technical building, a medical school building, a day care center, a library building, a recreational facility and his name plastered in the hearts and minds of all the people, not only of the State of Ohio but across this country. I conclude with a poem by Maya Angelou that reads as follows, entitled, Still I Rise. You may write me down in history with your bitter twisted lies. You may trod me in the very dirt but still like dust I'll rise. Does my sassiness upset you? Why are you beset with gloom? 'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells pumping in my living room. Just like moons and like suns, with the certainty of tides, just like hopes springing high, still I'll rise.”