Political Quotes

“I wish to add my voice of congratulations to Senator Dole for that speech, and more important for his outstanding service as a U.S. Senator and before that as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and before that as a member of the Kansas Legislature, and before that as the county attorney of Russell, KS. I have known Senator Dole for many years since moving to Russell in 1942, so that my association with, friendship with Bob Dole goes back some 52 years. Of course I am much younger than Senator Dole. When I moved to town he was already a hero of athletics in Russell High School, a big man on campus at the University of Kansas, and then shortly thereafter he was a war hero. Bob Dole's courageous story as a wounded veteran from World War II is well known. His disability was extreme. And he fought back from that disability, being hospitalized, convalescing over a very long period of time until he regained his strength and went on to a brilliant career.”