Political Quotes

“this week, America is united in mourning for President Ronald Reagan. President Reagan will be remembered as a great optimist who helped convince America to believe in itself again. He believed that the Cold War would end and the Berlin Wall would fall during his lifetime. And he was right. His words inspired people living behind the Iron Curtain to believe that freedom was attainable. Ronald Reagan was a loyal Republican but an American first. With his profound personal decency and disarming sense of humor, he rose above the kind of bitter partisanship that infects American politics today. Personal attacks were below him. He was a patriot and a man of integrity--and he never questioned the patriotism or integrity of others. Our politics were polarized then as they are now. But President Reagan knew how to compromise and get things done for the American people. As we mourn and honor President Reagan, this Congress should pledge to follow in his example. Hold firm in your beliefs, but respect those who differ.”