Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, Shakespeare penned the words that gave title to a true story of the 101st Airborne during World War II. In ``King Henry V,'' he wrote: ``We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; ``For he today that sheds his blood with me ``Shall be my brother.'' Stephen Ambrose wrote a book that became the miniseries, ``Band of Brothers.'' Dick Winters was part of that story. Actor Damien Lewis brought his character to life in the series, but for Pennsylvanians, Winters was a real-life hero, and his story, the stuff of legends. Winters died in Campbelltown, Pennsylvania. He was 92. On D-day, June 6, 1944, Winters and his men parachuted in to take on a German artillery nest on Utah Beach. His troops from Easy Company fought through the Battle of the Bulge, the liberation of a death camp at Dachau, and made it to Hitler's Eagle's Nest at Berchtesgaden. Winters never sought fame, never thought of himself as a hero, and characteristically he asked that his funeral be private. But as Tom Hanks put it, ``When the world needed heroes, he served in a company of heroes.'' Pennsylvania and the Nation mourn the loss of this ``brother.'' ____________________”